Chapter 13 Key Term Quiz

North America
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Economies that heavily dependent on the exploitation of primary commodities such as oil and gas.

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

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

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

Glacial deposits of rock and sediment.

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.

A segment of the economy that is made up of jobs and services performed as opposed to goods produced.

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

Injecting liquids at high pressure into underground rock formations to extract oil and gas.

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

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 region of the North East and Midwest associated with declining manufacturing sector. Also sometimes known as the Frostbelt.

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