Incentives for potential migrants to move to new place, such as favorable climate, employment, stability, safety, and freedom

A government ruled by one person with absolute power

A government run by a small group of people, usually the privileged elite, or upper class

A government based on religious beliefs, or run by a religious group

A government where citizens elect people to govern on their behalf; A representative democracy

A government ruled by a King or Queen

A mountain range in the western United States and Canada, extending 3,000 miles from Alaska south to New Mexico.

A mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to Alabama.

Longest river in the United States, flowing over two thousand miles from Minnesota to Louisiana and into the Gulf of Mexico.

The source of a stream or river.

Smaller streams and rivers that flow into a main river.

Western mountains of North America including the Sierra Nevada, Cascade Range, Coast Range & Alaska Range.

North America's most important shipping route, connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, improving transportation, international relations and trade.

The lawmaking body of Canada's government.

To speak two different languages.

A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas

Area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur

This is the longest river in Mexico, which forms part of the border between Mexico and the US

An agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico