Chapter 13 Key Term Quiz

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

A straight linedm heavy wind storm that can develop and move quickly.

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.

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

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.

An area where waters drains from and flows into a river or a number of tributaries.

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

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

The principle of political or commercial cooperation between the US and the countries of South America, as well as those in Central America and the Caribbean.

A tectonic plate boundary that runs from Vancouver Island to Northern California.

Occurred when European colonists came to the New World and brought diseases that killed millions of indigenous people.

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