Chapter 13 Key Term Quiz

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

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.

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

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

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

An agreement between countries that typically results in reduced barriers to trade and investment flows between the countries. Examples include NAFTA and the TPP.

Glacial deposits of rock and sediment.

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

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

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.

Rapid growth of algae in lakes often due to the amount of run off high in phosphates and nitrogen from farms and lawns.

Hazards caused by human action.

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