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.

Areas of environmental contamination. Some of the most polluted sites in the US designated for clean up.

A trade union between Canada, Mexico and the USA.

A 200 mile buffer zone that extends into the territorial waters surrounding a country and is prescribed by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea over which a country has certain rights.

The idea that small issues such as broken windows need to be addressed in order to instill a sense of civic pride. Also used to refer to a policing strategy that addresses small issue such as panhandling in order to prevent more serious crimes.

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

Hazards caused by human action.

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

A storm of violently rotating wind.

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.

The region stretching from California to Florida associates with arm weather, bright sunshine and economic growth.

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

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