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Vocab Chap 7 and 8
Chapter 7 and 8th
Term | Definition |
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Megalopolis | A very large city, A region made up of several large cities and their surrounding areas, considered to be a single urban complex. |
Mangrove | A tropical tree that grows in swampy ground along coastal areas. |
Bayou | A marshy inlet or outlet of a lake or river. |
Fall line | Imaginary line between the appalachian Mountains and the atlantic coastal plain, where rivers and streams from waterfall and rapids as they descend from higher elevations to the coastal plain. |
Sunbelt | The southern and western states of the nites stats, from the carolines to southern california, characterized by a warm climate and, recently, rapid population growth. |
Humus | The organic material that results when plants and animals that live in the soil die and decay. |
Growing Season | In farming, the average number of days between the last frost of spring and the first frost of fall |
Grain Elevator | A tall building equipped with machinery for loading, cleaning, storing, and discharging grain. |
Grain Exchange | A place where grain is bought and sold as a commodity |
Tundra | A dry, treeless plain where temperatures are always cool or cold and only specialized plants can grow. |
Aqueduct | A large pipe or channel designed to transport water from a remote source over a long distance. |
Province | A territory governed as a political division of a country. |
Maritime | Bordering on or near the sea; relating to navigation or shipping. |
Lock | An enclosed section of a canal, in which a ship ma be raised or lowered by raising or lowering the level of the water in that section. |
Bedrock | The solid rock underlying the earths surface. |
Separatism | A movement to win political, religious, or ethnic independence from another group. |
Secede | To withdraw formally from membership in a political or religious organization. |
Costumes | Fees charged by a government on imported goods. |
Tariff | A tax imposed by a government on imported goods. |
NAFTA | North america free trade agreement, which phased out trade barriers among the united states, Canada, and mexico |