Term | Definition |
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 |
boyou | to refuse to purchase or use a product or service as in expression of disapproval |
fall line | imaginary line between the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic coastal plain where ricers and streams form waterfalls and rapids as they descend from higher elevations to the coastal plain |
sunbelt | the southern and southwestern states of the United States form the Carolinas 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 form 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 may 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 form membership in a political or religious organization |
customs | fees charged by a government on imported goods |
tariff | a tax imposed by a government on imported goods |
NAFTA | North American free trade agreement which phased out trade barriers among the United States Canada and Mexico |