GeoFact 1a Immigration The movement of people into one country from another.

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ImmigrationThe movement of people into one country from another

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Native AmericanNorth America’s first immigrants, who probably moved into the region from Asia thousands of years ago.

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Sunbelt

Mild climate region, southern United States

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UrbanizationThe movement of people from rural areas into cities.

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Metropolitan Area

Region that includes a central city and its surrounding suburbs.

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SuburbOutlying communities around a city.

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MegalopolisA “super-city” that is made up of several large and small cities such as the area between Boston and Washington.

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Mobility

Able to move from place to place.

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RepublicForm of government without a monarch in which a people elect their officials.

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Underground railroad

An informal network of safe-houses, in the United States,that helped thousands of enslaved people escape to freedom.

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Dry FarmingFarming methods used in dry regions in which land is plowedand planted deeply to hold water in the soil.

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ConstitutionPlan of government made for the United States in 1787.

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Cabinet

Head of departments in the U.S. government who advice thepresident.

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Dominion

A partially self-governing country with close ties to anothercountry.

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ParliamentIn Canada, national legislature made of the senate and the House of Commons.

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BilingualSpeaking or using two languages.

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Jazz

Musical form that developed in the United States in the early1900s, blending African rhythms and European harmonies.

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Socioeconomic StatusLevel of income and education.

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Literacy Rate

The percentage of people in a given place who can read andwrite.

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PatriotismLove for or devotion to one’s country.

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