Chapter 13 Key Term Quiz

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

An area created by sediments carried by a river.

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

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

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 storm of violently rotating wind.

A major sailing route that linked Europe, Africa and the New World in the transport of goods and slaves.

A trade union between Canada, Mexico and the USA.

Hazards caused by human action.

Glacial deposits of rock and sediment.

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

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

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