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23 Cards in this Set
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Immigration
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The movement of people into one country from another.
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Sunbelt
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Called this for its mild climate, this area draws people to its growing manufacturing service industry
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Urbanization
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The movement of people from rural cities to city's
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Metropolitan area
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Includes a city with at least 50,000 people and outlying communities
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Suburbs
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Peaceful areas that are sometimes and mostly in the country
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Urban sprawl
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A spread of people to suburban development
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Megalopolis
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These are known as closely linked metropolitan areas forms the Bo-wash
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Underground railroad
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An informal network of safe houses
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Dry farming
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Due to dry conditions on the method of cultivating land to catch and hold rain water
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Bilingual
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A person fluent in two languages
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Literacy rate
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The percentage of people who can read and write, is 99 percent
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Jazz
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A form of music that mostly consists of harmony
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Leos Angele
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A district of where holly wood and movie shootings go on
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Loyalists
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Colonist who wished to remain loyal to the British government
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Prairie Provinces
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The Canadian Prairies is a region of Canada, specifically in western Canada, which may correspond to several different definitions
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Maritime provinces
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the collective name for the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotti and Prince Edward Island
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Domination
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A partially self - governing country with close ties to Great Britain
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Parliament
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Includes the senate and the house of Commons
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Quebecois
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for relating to Quebec (especially to the French speaking inhabitants or their culture
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Trade Agreement
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trade pact also known as trade agreement is a wide ranging tax, tariff and trade pact that often includes investment guarantees
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separatism
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The advocacy or practice of separation of a certain group of people from a larger body on the basis of ethnicity, religion, or gender
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North America
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A continent comprising the northern half of the American landmass, connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama
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Province
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A principal administrative division of certain countries or empires
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