| A | B |
| potash | mineral used in making fertilizer |
| pulp | softened wood fibers |
| megalopolis | very large city |
| tributary | smaller stream or river that flows into a larger river |
| continental divide | divides the flow of America's rivers |
| pioneer | first settlers to move west in the United States |
| colony | a territory inhabited and controlled by people from a foreign land |
| Grand Banks | rich fishing region off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador |
| provinces | Canada's version of a state |
| First Nations | Canada's native people along with the Inuit |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| Vikings | first Europeans to settle in Canada |
| land and gold | two reasons Americans moved West |
| eighteen | voting age in the United States |
| democracy | form of government for Canada and the United States |
| dormant | type of volcano found in the Cascade Mt. Range |