| A | B |
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| province | a territory governed as a political division of a oountry |
| maritime | bordering on or near the sea; relating to navigation or shipping |
| lock | an enclosed section or a canal, in which a ship may be raised or lowered by raising or lowering the level of the water in that section |
| bedrock | the solid rock underlying the earth's surface |
| separatism | a movement to win political, religious, or ethnic independence from another group |
| secede | to withdraw formally from membership in a political or religious organization |
| customs | fees charged by a government on imported goods |
| tariff | a tax imposed by a government on imported goods |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement, which phased out trade barriers among the United States, Canada, and Mexico |
