ch 7 8 voc
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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
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| mangrove | a tropical tree that grows in swampy ground along coastal areas
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| batou | the exchange of goods without money
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| fall line | imaginary line between the Appalachian mountains and the Atlantic coastal line
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| sunbelt | the southern and southwestern states of the us, from the Carolina to southern California, characterized by warm climate and, recently, rapid population growth
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| humus | the organic material that results when plants and animals that live in the soil die and decay
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| growing season | in farming, the average number of days between the last frost of spring and the first frost of fall
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| grain elevator | a tall building equipped with machinery for loading, cleaning, storing, and discharging grain
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| grain exchange | a place where grain is bought firms in foreign countries
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| tundra | a dty, treeles plain where temperatures are always cool or cold and only specialized plants can grow
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| aqueduct | a large pipe or channel designed to transport water from a remote source over a long distance
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| province | a territory governed as a political division of a country
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| maritime | bordering on or near the sea; relating to navigation or shipping
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| 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
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| bedrock | the solid rock underlying the earth's surface
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| separatism | a movement to win political, religious, or ethnic independence from another group
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| scede | to withdraw formally from membership in a political or religious organixtion
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| customs | fees charged by a government on imported goods
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| tariff | a tax imposed by a gov on imported goods
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| NAFTA | north american free trade agreement, which phased out trade barriers among the US, Canada, and Mexico
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