Chapter 6 questions
Jazz
Blend of African rhythms and European harmonies
Loyalists
Colonists loyal to the British government who fled to Canada after the American Revolution
Dry farming
Cultivating land to catch and hold rainwater
Urbanization
Movement of people from rural areas to cities
Immigration
Movement of people into one country from another
Separatism
Movement to break away part of a country to create separate independent country
Louisiana Purchase
Name of the land acquisition made in 1803 that more than double the size of the United States
Parliament
National legislature of Canada
Sunbelt
Nickname foe an atlantic coast megalopolis
80 people
Per square mile, what is the population density of the United States?
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
The agreement that eliminates tariffs and other trade barriers between Canada, The United States, and Mexico
urban sprawl
The spread of people and suburban development as metropolitan areas become more crowded
Discovery of oil
This promoted migration tot he Prairie Provinces in the late 20th century
Constitution Monarchy
Political division within the Dominion of Canada