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16 Cards in this Set
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Urbanization
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the movement of people from rural areas to cities
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Suburb
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outlying community around a city
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Urban Sprawl
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the spreading of urban developments on undeveloped land near a city
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Megalopolis
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a great city that is made up of several large and small cities such as the area between Boston and Washington D.C.
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Underground Railroad
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an informal network of safe houses
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Loyalists
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colonists who wished to remain loyal to the british government (after the american revolution)
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maritime provinces
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Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island
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Prairie provinces
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manitob, saskatchewan, and alberta
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Toronto, montreal, vancouver Edmonton
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toronto- industrial and financial cneter
montreal- industrial and shipping center vancouver- handels trade between asia and canada Edmonton- grew with the development of the petrolem industry |
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Parliament
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national legislature
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Quebecois
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Quebec's French speaking inhabitants
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Nunavut
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when inuit won there right to their on territory in 1999. It also means "Our Land"
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NAFTA
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an agreement that eliminated tariffs and other trade barriers
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Quebecois
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Quebec's French speaking inhabitants
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Nunavut
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when inuit won there right to their on territory in 1999. It also means "Our Land"
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NAFTA
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an agreement that eliminated tariffs and other trade barriers
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