Chapter 13 Key Term Quiz

North America
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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.

In general refers to any society dominated by settlers from elsewhere. More specifically refers to societies such as the Australia, Canada, and US that were populated by settlers form Europe.

A strong westerly wind several miles the globe. The shifting nature of jet streams is responsible for changing weather patterns.

Seasonal migrants who leave cold regions in the winter months for warmer climes.

A storm of violently rotating wind.

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

The movement that occurred between 1916 and 1970 of almost 6 million Africa Americans from the Deep South to cities in the North and West of the USA.

The downsides of a heavy reliance on one or more primary commodities such as oil, that include corruption, wildly fluctuating government revenues and stunted economic development

A trade union between Canada, Mexico and the USA.

The region stretching from California to Florida associates with arm weather, bright sunshine and economic growth.

An organization whose members include Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the USA, which provides a forum for negotiations regarding the rights of sovereignty over areas of the North Pole.

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

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