a very large city; a region made up of several large cities and their surrounding areas, considered to be a single urban complex

a tropical tree that grows in swampy ground along coastal areas

a marshy inlet or outlet of a lake or a river

imaginary line between the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic coastal plain, where rivers and streams form waterfalls and rapids as they descend from higher elevations to the coastal plain

the southern and southwestern states of the United States, from the Carolina to southern California, characterized by a warm climate and, recently, rapid population growth

the organic material that results when plants and animals that live in the soil die and decay

in farming, the average number of days between the last frost of spring and the first frost of fall

a tall building equipped with machinery for loading, cleaning, storing, and discharging grain

a place where grain is bought and sold as a commodity

a region where temperatures are always cool or cold and only specialized plants can grow

a large pipe or channel designed to transport water from a remote source over a long distance

a territory governed as a political division of a country

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

the solid rock underlying the earth's surface

a movement to win, political, religious, or ethnic independence from another group.

to withdraw formally from membership in a political or religious organization.

fees charged by a government on imported goods

a tax imposed by a government on imported goods

North America Free Trade Agreement, which phased out trade barriers among the United States, Canada, and Mexico

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Geography

Ch.7&8

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
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 form waterfalls and rapids as they descend from higher elevations to the coastal plain
Sunbelt	the southern and southwestern states of the United States, from the Carolina 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 region 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
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
Maritime	bordering on or near the sea
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 America Free Trade Agreement, which phased out trade barriers among the United States, Canada, and Mexico

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