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29 Cards in this Set
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a self governing area subject to Great Britain
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dominion
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what is an example of a dominion
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Canada prior to 1939
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speaking two languages, having two official languages
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bilingual
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The French Canadian that lead a revolt in Lower Canada to establish the region as a seperate country
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Louis Papineau
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Led people against British rule in Upper Canada
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William Mackenzie
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Who did the British send to see if Britian was going to have more problems
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Earl of Durham
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what were the two colonies that Great Brtian divide Canada into
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Upper and Lower Canada
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The upper part of Canada where most loyalist lived is now known as
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Ontario
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The lower part of Canada where French Canadians remained is now known as
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Quebec
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An area where gold and valuable minrals were discovered
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Yukon
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any one of several nonrenewable resources such as coal, oil, or natural gas, created from the remains of plants and animals
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fossil fuels
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rain whose high levels of chemicals can pollute or damage the environment, usually caused by pollutants from the burning of fossil fuels
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acid rain
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a type of logging in which all the trees in an area are cut down
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clear cutting
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a dependent upon each other
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interdependent
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a fee charged on imported goods
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tariff
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trade with no tariffs or taxes on imported goods
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free trade
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North American Free Trade Agreement signed in 1994 by Canada, the US and Mexico to establish mutual free trade
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NAFTA
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River from Cleaveland Ohio to Lake Erie that has been heavily polluted.
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cuyahoga River
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Where the Cuyahoga River empties into
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Lake Erie
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What lies between Lake Erie and Ontario
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Niagara Falls
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a system of locks and canals that allows ships to move from one water level to another.Helps with trade
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Lawrence Seaway
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a self govering area is called a
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dominion
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changes in the canadian constitution meant that Canada was completely
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independent
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new laws passed in 1969 spelled out was to respect who
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French canadians
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After world war II Canadian factory goods found a ready market where
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in Europe
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Canadians entered world war I because they were still subject to who
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Britian
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Canada saw years of growth and change after the
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peaceful revolution
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Canadians won the right to control their goverenment with using what
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war
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What gave the french people in quebec the right to speak French, practice their own religion, and follow their own customs
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The Quebec Act
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