| A | B |
|---|
| province | regional political division similar to states |
| glacier | giant slow-moving sheets of ice |
| tundra | vast rolling treeless plain in high latitude climates in which only the top few inches of ground thaw in summer |
| prairie | rolling, inland grassy area with very fertile soil |
| cordillera | group of mountain ranges that run side by side |
| newsprint | type of paper used for printing newspapers |
| dominion | self-governing nation that accepts the British monarch as head of state |
| parliamentary democracy | government in which voters elect representatives to a lawmaking body which chooses a prime minister to head the government |
| prime minister | official who heads the government in a parliamentary democracy |
| bilingual | referring to a country that has two official languages |
| autonomy | self-government |
