Chapter 13 Key Term Quiz

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

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

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

Seasonal migrants who leave cold regions in the winter months for warmer climes.

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

A storm of violently rotating wind.

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

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.

An area created by sediments carried by a river.

The downsides of a heavy reliance on one or more primary commodities such as oil, that include corruption, wildly fluctuating government revenues and stunted economic development

A trade union between Canada, Mexico and the USA.

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.

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