| A | B |
|---|
| province | regional political division similar to states |
| glaciers | 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 the summer |
| prairie | rolling, inland grassy area with very fertile soil |
| newsprint | type of paper used for printing newspapers |
| dominion | self-governing nation that accepts the British monarch as head of state |
| bilingual | refers to a country that has two official languages |
| parliamentary democracy | government in which the voters elect representatives to a lawmaking body which choses a Prime Minister to head the government |
| Grand Banks | excellent area for fishing |
| megalopolis | pattern of heavy urban settlement over a large area |
| contiguous | areas that are joined together inside of a common boundary |
| free trade | trade that is free of trade barriers like tariffs and quotas |
| NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) | U.S., Canada, and Mexico created this in 1993 to eliminate barriers to trade |
| representative democracy | a government in which the people elect representatives to represent them in the government |
| immigrant | a person who moves to a new country to make it their permanent home |
| service industry | a business that provides a service (health care, hospitality, and customer service) |
| acid rain | rain that contains a high amount of pollutants |
| fossil fuels | coal, oil, or natural gas |
| cordillera | group of mountain ranges that run side by side |
