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Ch. 5 The United States

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