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Chapter 7-8 Vocab
World Geography
Term | Definition |
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Province | a territory governed as a political division of a country |
Maritime | bordering on or near the sea, related to navigation or shipping |
Lock | an enclosed section of a canal, which a ship may be raised or lowered by raising the or lowering the level of water in that section |
Bedrock | the solid rock underlying the earths surface |
Separatism | to withdraw formally from membership in a political or religious organization |
Secede | to withdraw formally from membership in a political or religious organiztion |
Customs | fees charged by a government on imported goods |
Tariff | 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 |
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 river |
Fall Line | imaginary line between the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic coastal plain where rivers and streams form water falls and rapids as they descend from the higher elevations to the coastal plain |
Sunbelt | the southern and southwestern states of the United states from the carolinas to |
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 buildingkandd only specialized plants can grow 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 the temperatures are always cool or cold |
Aqueduct | a large pipe or channel designed to transport from a remote source over a long distance |