Canada unit Vocab

What is the primary sector of an economy?

• service sector - providing services for consumers or businesses

• extracting/using natural resources from the environment

• manufacturing, constructing, and refining natural resources into products

What is the secondary sector of an economy?

• service sector - providing services for consumers or businesses

• extracting/using natural resources from the environment

• manufacturing, constructing, and refining natural resources into products

What is the tertiary sector of an economy?

• service sector - providing services for consumers or businesses

• extracting/using natural resources from the environment

• manufacturing, constructing, and refining natural resources into products

Cultural diffusion...

• manufacturing, constructing, and refining natural resources into products

• celebrating Christmas

• the spread of one culture's practices, beliefs, and/or items, like food, music, or tools

NAFTA stands for...

• North American Farmers Trade Association

• North American Free Trade Agreement

The number of years a person is expected to live.

• life expectancy

• birth rate

• death rate

A population pyramid is...

• the average number of people living in a given area.

• a pyramid-shaped diagram that shows the age distribution of a population.

What does birth rate mean?

• Number of deaths per 1,000 of a population per year.

• Number of live births per 1,000 of a population per year.

• Average number of people living in a given area.

What does death rate mean?

• Number of deaths per 1,000 of a population per year.

• Number of live births per 1,000 of a population per year.

• The average number of people living in a given area.

________ are administrative divisions of a country (similar to the states in the U.S.)

• NAFTA

• economy

• Provinces