Chapter 13 Key Term Quiz

North America
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A trade union between Canada, Mexico and the USA.

An area of volcanic activity. Not caused by plate tectonics but by plumes from the mantle.

A country in which the city and the state are essentially one and the same.

The 750-mile active zone between he Pacific and North American plates that runs from San Francisco down to southern California.

A strong westerly wind several miles the globe. The shifting nature of jet streams is responsible for changing weather patterns.

An organization whose members include Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the USA, which provides a forum for negotiations regarding the rights of sovereignty over areas of the North Pole.

Rapid growth of algae in lakes often due to the amount of run off high in phosphates and nitrogen from farms and lawns.

An agreement between countries that typically results in reduced barriers to trade and investment flows between the countries. Examples include NAFTA and the TPP.

Narrow finger-like lakes formed by glacial action. Good examples are found in Finger Lakes region in New York State.

The indigenous peoples of Canada who lived south of the Arctic Circle.

In general refers to any society dominated by settlers from elsewhere. More specifically refers to societies such as the Australia, Canada, and US that were populated by settlers form Europe.

The movement that occurred between 1916 and 1970 of almost 6 million Africa Americans from the Deep South to cities in the North and West of the USA.

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