Chapter 6 Vocabulary

1. an american colonist who remained loyal to the British government
5. to publicly recommend or support
6. a number of things of the same type following one after the other in space or time
9. elevation above which it is too cold for trees to grow
10. a member of the Arctic native peoples of North America; once known as Eskimo
11. complex forest that has developed over a long period of time and is relatively untouched by human activity
14. a partially self-governing country with close ties to another country
16. one of the indigenous peoples of Canada who are neither Inuit nor Metis
17. the cultivation of seafood
18. a seasonal warm wind that blows down the Rockies in late winter and early spring
19. an area in which fish or sea animals are caught

2. the breaking away of one part of a country to create a separate, independent country
3. to follow or study in detail or step by step
4. Quebec's French-speaking inhabitants
7. to leave one's own country to settle permanently in another
8. to make less or cause to appear less
12. to remove
13. sand or sandstone naturally impregnated with petroleum
15. harvesting fish to the point that species are depleted and the value of the fishery reduced
18. the presence of opposing views