W Geog, Ch2
Terms
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- landlocked
- surrounded by land and little water
- finance
- the use and management of money by banks, businesses, and corporations
- Quebecois
- the French-speaking people of Quebec
- bilingual
- speaking two languages
- Arctic Circle
- the area of latitude about 66.5 degrees north of the Equator
- geologist
- a person who studies Earth's physical structure and history
- cordillera
- the Spanish word for mountain range
- maritime climate
- the type of climate influenced by being close to water
- Chinook
- a hot, dry wind along the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
- drought
- a long period of dry weather
- deforestation
- the clearing or destruction of forests
- wetland
- land covered with water some or most of the time, but where plants continue to grow
- diversity
- a variety of people; differences
- territory
- an area of land that is part of a country, but is not officially a province or state of a country
- cosmopolitan
- having people from all over the world
- subarctic climate
- the cold climate of the area immediately outside the Arctic Circle
- tundra
- a plain with no trees
- province
- a state in Canada
- maritime
- bordering on or near the sea
- Inuit
- the native people of Canada
- permafrost
- permanently frozen ground
- erosion
- the process by which running water, wind, or ice break down rock or soil
- bedrock
- the solid rock under the loose material and soil of the Earth's surface
- continental climate
- the climate in landlocked areas far from oceans; a climate of short, warm summers and long winters