Across
- 5. the breaking away of one part of a country to create a separate, independent country
- 6. movement of people from one country to another
- 9. region that includes a central city and its surrounding suburbs
- 10. a colonist who remained loyal to the British government during the American Revolution
- 11. an informal network of safe houses in the United States that helped thousands of enslaved people to escape to freedom
- 13. a member of the Arctic native peoples of North America
- 15. farming method used in dry regions in which land is plowed and planted deeply to hold water in soil
- 17. a French-speaking inhabitant of Quebec
- 19. musical form that developed in the United States in the early 1900s blending African rhythms and European harmonies
- 20. a partially self-governing country with close ties to another country
Down
- 1. speaking or using two languages
- 2. an administrative district or division of a country
- 3. trade agreement made in 1994 by Canada, the United States, and Mexico
- 4. mild climate region in the southern United States
- 7. a ¨great city¨ that is made up of several large and small cities such as the area between Boston and Washington, D.C.
- 8. the movement of people from rural areas into cities
- 12. the percentage of people given a place who can read and write
- 14. the spreading of urban developments on undeveloped land near a city
- 16. outlying community around a city
- 18. in Canada, national legislature made up of the Senate and the House of Commons
