Chapter 13 Key Term Quiz

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

The use of violence to destroy a city.

Generally, the name for a very large city region. More specifically, or the name given to the extended urban region that extends along the eastern seaboard of the USA from Boston to Washington DC.

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

A former industrial site affected by environmental contamination.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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