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