Chapter 3: U.S. & Canada

2. A sea route through the Arctic Ocean connecting the northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, historically sought by European explorers for trade.
3. Money or economic value received on a regular basis from work, land ownership, investments, or business activities within a region.
6. The allocation of capital or resources into physical land, infrastructure, or assets with the expectation of generating future economic returns.
7. A ceremonial feast and gift-giving festival practiced by indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest coast to show wealth, status, and social obligations.
10. To formally put an end to a system, law, or institution (such as slavery or trade barriers).
11. A severe worldwide economic downturn during the 1930s that drastically altered global trade, employment, and demographic migration patterns.
13. A biome characterized by vast, cold-climate evergreen coniferous forests stretching across subarctic regions of North America, Europe, and Asia.
16. The process by which businesses, cultures, and economies become integrated and interdependent on a global scale.
17. A historic confederacy of Native American tribes (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and later Tuscarora) in northeastern North America united for peace and mutual defense.
18. An object made or modified by human beings, typically of cultural, historical, or archaeological significance.

1. A person who travels to a sacred place for religious reasons, or historically, one of the English settlers who established Plymouth Colony in 1620.
4. A social and political campaign, primarily during the 1950s and 1960s in the U.S., aimed at ending racial segregation and securing equal legal rights.
5. A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall that causes severe shortages of water, damaging ecosystems and human activity.
8. The relocation of business processes or manufacturing operations from one country to another to reduce costs.
9. The permanent or semi-permanent movement of people, animals, or populations from one place or region to another.
12. A historical three-way system of transatlantic trade operating between Europe, Africa, and the Americas involving manufactured goods, enslaved people, and raw materials.
14. A distinct division or segment of an economy (e.g., primary/agriculture, secondary/manufacturing, tertiary/services).
15. Relating to or containing multiple distinct ethnic and cultural groups living together within a single society or region.
17. The movement of individuals into a non-native country or region to live there permanently.
19. A dome-shaped winter dwelling constructed from blocks of hard-packed snow, traditionally used by Inuit people in the Arctic.