A territory governed as a political division a country

The head of a government; the majority party’s leader in parliament

A movement to win political, religious, or ethnic independence from another group

To add to; to formally incorporate additional territory

A group of Canada’s Native American people

To give, to formally transfer land

Public land set aside for Native peoples by the government

Open land that is open for settlement

Characteristic of, belonging to, or related to the countryside

Characteristic of, belonging to, or related to a city or town

Characteristic of, belonging to, or related to the sea

Characteristic of, or related to being dry

Land that is or can be cultivated

A man-made waterway

An enclosed section of a canal in which a ship may be raised or lowered by raising or lowering the level of the water in that section

A dependent political unit occupying a defined, permanently populated area and having little control over its internal and foreign affairs

The central grasslands of North America

Permanently frozen ground

The movement of people within a country or region

A trade agreement that phases out trade barriers between Canada, Mexico, and the United States (formally called NAFTA)