Chapter 13 Key Term Quiz

North America
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The idea that small issues such as broken windows need to be addressed in order to instill a sense of civic pride. Also used to refer to a policing strategy that addresses small issue such as panhandling in order to prevent more serious crimes.

An area of volcanic activity. Not caused by plate tectonics but by plumes from the mantle.

Areas of environmental contamination. Some of the most polluted sites in the US designated for clean up.

A trade union between Canada, Mexico and the USA.

Narrow finger-like lakes formed by glacial action. Good examples are found in Finger Lakes region in New York State.

A 200 mile buffer zone that extends into the territorial waters surrounding a country and is prescribed by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea over which a country has certain rights.

The region of the North East and Midwest associated with declining manufacturing sector. Also sometimes known as the Frostbelt.

The amount of greenhouse gases produced for any given person, entity or practice.

The use of violence to destroy a city.

Glacial deposits of rock and sediment.

Goods that come from agriculture, forestry, mining, and fishing.

Injecting liquids at high pressure into underground rock formations to extract oil and gas.

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