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ch. 7 & 8 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| megalopis | a very large city; a region made up of several large cities and their surrounding areas, considered |
| 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 | |
| sunbelt | |
| 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 | |
| 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 maybe raised or lowered by raising or lowering the level of the water in that section |
| bedrock | the solid rock underlying the earths surface |
| seperatism | a movement to win political, religous, or ethintic independence from another group |
| secede | |
| customs | |
| tariff | |
| NAFTA |