| A | B |
|---|
| province | regional political divisions |
| glacier | giant sheets of ice |
| tundra | vast rolling treeless plains where only top few inches of ground thaw in summer |
| prairie | grassy inland area with fertile soil |
| cordillera | group of mountain ranges that run side by side |
| newsprint | type of paper used for printing newspapers. |
| dominion | country has its own government to run local affairs, but still controlled by another country |
| parliamentary democracy | voters elect representatives to a lawmaking body called Parliament |
| prime minister | head of the government |
| bilingual | two languages |
| autonomy | right to govern themselves |
