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The Canadian Shield
- covers about 1/2 of Canada
- the Horseshoe around the Hudson Bay
- Lakes, resources, etc.
- Thin soil from glaciation
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Nunavut
- a new territory in the Arctic Islands
- home of the Inuit
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Inuit
- Formerly Eskimo
- Make up 1.5 % of the population
- live in the territory of Nanavut
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Francaphone
- French is spoken by 25% of the people
- Quebec
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Main Street
- The core area
- Quebec to Hamilton and Windsor
- 60% of total population
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Post industrial era
- changing from heavy industry to high tech
- Canada
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NAFTA
- North American Free Trade Agreement
- originally Canada, U.S. and Mexico
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Rain shadow effect
- high mountains in the west create a shadow of dryness
- Canada
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Megalopolis
- metropolitan areas growing together (touching)
- Eastern U.S.
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Fragmented state/country
- a country with two or more parts separated by foreign soil and/or water
- U.S.
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Comparative advantage
- each state grows what is to their advantage
- Iowa- corn
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aboriginals
original people in Austrailia
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White Australia Policy
- only those of British origin could come in- ended in 1976
- Australia
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Double cropping
- growing two crops on the same land
- Japan
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Sunshine policy
a "ray of sunshine" referring to the time that North and South Korea met at the same time
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Appalachian area
- the physical geography and culture of the Ozarks is imilar to this area because many of the people came from there (hills, language, music, etc.)
- Ozarks
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Rustbelt
- the decline of the steel industry
- Pittsburg
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Great Barrier Reef
- largest coral reef in the world
- Australia
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Pastoral economy
- grazing land year round
- New Zealand
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Maori
- original people in New Zealand before the European invasion and take over
- New Zealand
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