GeoFact 1a Immigration The movement of people into one country from another.

ImmigrationThe movement of people into one country from another

Native AmericanNorth America’s first immigrants, who probably moved into the region from Asia thousands of years ago.

Sunbelt

Mild climate region, southern United States

UrbanizationThe movement of people from rural areas into cities.

Metropolitan Area

Region that includes a central city and its surrounding suburbs.

SuburbOutlying communities around a city.

MegalopolisA “super-city” that is made up of several large and small cities such as the area between Boston and Washington.

Mobility

Able to move from place to place.

RepublicForm of government without a monarch in which a people elect their officials.

Underground railroad

An informal network of safe-houses, in the United States,that helped thousands of enslaved people escape to freedom.

Dry FarmingFarming methods used in dry regions in which land is plowedand planted deeply to hold water in the soil.

ConstitutionPlan of government made for the United States in 1787.

Cabinet

Head of departments in the U.S. government who advice thepresident.

Dominion

A partially self-governing country with close ties to anothercountry.

ParliamentIn Canada, national legislature made of the senate and the House of Commons.

BilingualSpeaking or using two languages.

Jazz

Musical form that developed in the United States in the early1900s, blending African rhythms and European harmonies.

Socioeconomic StatusLevel of income and education.

Literacy Rate

The percentage of people in a given place who can read andwrite.

PatriotismLove for or devotion to one’s country.