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Ch. 7 & 8 Vocab.
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 a river. |
Fall line. | Imaginary line between the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic coastal plain, where rivers and streams from waterfalls and rapids descend from higher elevations to the coastal plain. |
Sunbelt. | The southern and southwestern states of the United States, from 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 from a remote source over a long distance. |
Province. | A territory governed as a political division of a country. |
Maritime. | Bordering 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 earth's 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. |
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. |