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Ch. 5 The United States

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  • a boundary in the eastern United States where the higher land of the Piedmont drops to the lower Atlantic Coastal Plain
    acid rain
    foreclosure
    megalopolis
    Fall Line
  • religious settlement
    Divide
    City
    Reservation
    Mission
  • a blast of cold northern air that sweeps across the plains; causing winter temperatures to drop below freezing
    glacier
    blizzard
    Norther
    Souther
  • a mild climate region in the southern and southwestern portions of the United States
    divide
    sunbelt
    cotton belt
    manufacturing belt
  • a farming method used in dry regions in which crops are grown that rely only on the natural precipitation
    megalopolis
    escarpment
    dry Farming
    fall line
  • a manufacturing plant owned by a foreign company
    Jazz
    Maquiladora
    Empresario
    Megalopolis
  • musical form that developed in the United States in the early 1900s, blending African rhythms and European harmonies
    regae
    jazz
    nortena
    country music
  • chemical product derived from petroleum or natural gas
    diesel
    petrochemical
    vegetable oil
    kerosene
  • the creation of a variety of businesses and industries to fuel economic growth
    agribusiness
    diversification
    reservation
    petrochemical
  • to withdraw
    secede
    sunbelt
    erase
    divide
  • a network of safe houses in the Unites States that helped thousands of enslaved people to escape freedom
    diversification
    manufactoring belt
    Underground Railroad
    foreclosure
  • a steep cliff or slope between a higher and lower land surface
    ridge
    delta
    escarpment
    plateau
  • a concentrated region of manufacturing industries in the northeastern and Midwestern United States
    postindustrial
    manufactoring belt
    underground railroad
    dry farming
  • a large-powerful windstorm that forms over warm ocean waters
    escarpment
    tributuary
    immigrate
    Hurricane
  • public land set aside for Native American settlements
    Reservation
    Mission
    Preservation
    Obligation
  • economy that emphasizes services and technology rather than industry and manufacturing
    postindustrial
    command system
    socialism
    hunter-gatherer
  • region that includes a central city and its surrounding suburbs
    metropolitan area
    agribusiness
    fall line
    subdivision
  • precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids; which kills wildlife and damages buildings; forests; and crops
    presipitation
    dry farming
    acid Rain
    condensation
  • a large population concentration made up of several large and many smaller cities, such as the area between Boston and Washington D.C
    mega city
    megalopolis
    suburb
    foreclosure
  • the removal of all trees in a stand of timber
    clear-cutting
    eradication
    forest fire
    diversification
  • industries involved in the production; distribution; and marketing of farm products; supplies; and equipment
    Dairy Co-Op
    Tractor Supply
    agribusiness
    McCoy's lumber
  • to change residence from a country to begin living permanently in another country
    aqueduct
    tributary
    immigrate
    hurricane
  • agent who contracted with Mexico to settle families in Texas
    Empresario
    Maquiladora
    Jazz
    farmer
  • haze caused by the interaction of ultraviolet solar radiation with chemical fumes from automobile exhausts and other pollution resources
    sunbelt
    mist
    smog
    fog
  • a smaller river or stream that feeds into a larger river
    escarpment
    hurricane
    tributary
    immigrate
  • a legal proceeding in which a borrower's rights to a property are relinquished due to his or her inability to make payments on the loan
    petrochemical
    foreclosure
    postindustrial
    diversification
  • the source of a stream or river
    clear- cutting
    fossil fuel
    Headwaters
    escarpment
  • a channel or pipeline for carrying a large quantity of flowing water
    river
    aqueduct
    pipeline
    septic line
  • a high point or ridge that determines the direction rivers flow
    sunbelt
    Divide
    aqueduct
    hurricane
  • a resource formed in the Earth by plant and animal remains
    foreclosure
    Fossil Fuel
    escarpment
    hurricane
  • process by which a body of water becomes too rich in dissolved nutrients; leading to plant growth that depletes oxygen in the water
    enriched solution
    eutrophication
    pollution
    photosynthesis
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