US ans Canada Vocab Flashcards
(18 cards)
Cultural mosaic
A separable mix of cultures in society
Melting pot
A place where a variety of races, cultures, or individuals live together
Plural society
Cultural mosaic
NAFTA
North American free trade agreement
Made trade among us Canada and Mexico easier, eliminated tariffs
Colombian exchange
The movement of plants, animals, and diseases between the eastern and Western Hemisphere during the age of exploration
Service industry
Any kind of economic activity that produces a service rather than product
Postindustrial economy
An economic Phase in which manufacturing no longer plays a dominant role
Parliamentary government
Law making body whose members are elected or appointed and in which legislative and executive branches are combined
Run by prime minister
Parliament
A representative law making body whose members are elected or appointed and in which legislative and executive branches are combined
Run by prime minister
Prime minister
The head of a government, the majority party’s leader in parliament
Standard of living
The degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community
Continental divide
The line of the highest point in North America that marks the separation between rivers flowing east and west
Beringia
A land bridge thought to have connected what are now Siberia and Alaska
Migration
The movement of people within a country or region
Multinationals
A corporation that engages in business worldwide
Provinces
A political unit
Confederation
A political union
First Nations
A group of Canada’s Native American people
