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chap. 5-7 geography
vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Plateau | flat landmass higher than the surrounding land, with at least one steep side, called a clif |
| mesa | flat-topped, elevated landform |
| continental divide | a line or ridge that seperates rivers flowing toward opposite sides of the coninent |
| headwaters | the sources of a river waters |
| tributary | smaller rivers and streams that feed into a larger river |
| fishery | areas where fish and other sea animals are caught |
| blizzad | a heavy snow storm with winds of more than 35 miles and hour |
| tornada | a violent windstorm with rotating winds and a funnel shaped cloud |
| Hurricane | a large, powerful windstorm that forms over warm ocean waters |
| Typhoon | a hurricane, or violent tropical windstorm, that forms in the pacific ocean, usually in late summer |
| Chinook | seasonal warm wind that blows down the Rocky Mountians in late and early spring |
| Timberline | elevation abpve which it is too cold for trees to grow |
| Immigrant | person who has left hir or hers home country and settled permently in another country |
| Sunblet | southern part of the U.S., so named because of its mild climate |
| Suburbs | outlying communities around a central city |
| Metropolitan area | region that includes a central city and its surrounding suburbs |
| Megaloplis | a super city that is made up of several large cities and the smaller cities near them, such as the area between Boston and Washington, D.C. |
| Strait | narrow water way connecting two large bodies of water |
| cash crop | farm crop gown to be sold or traded rather than used by the farm family |
| Republic | form of government without a monarch, in which people elect their officials, including head state |
| Industrializtion | process of turning to the use of machinery in manufacturing |
| dry farming | farming method used in dry regions in which land is plowed and planted deeply to hold water in the soil |
| constitution | plan of government made for the new U.S. |
| amendment | (U.S.) official changes made to the Constitution |
| cabinet | heads of departments in the executive branch of the U.S. government who advise the president |
| multicultural | having elements that come from more than one culture |
| bilingual | speaking two languages |
| abstract | art form that expresses the artist's attitude and emotions |
| jazz | musical form that developed in the Unites States in the early 1900s, blending African rhythms and European harmonies |
| mobile | describing things or people that move easily from place to place |
| literacy rate | the % of people in a given place who can read and write |
| free enterprise | an economic system in which private business operate with little interference from the government |
| truck farm | farm, especially in the north eastern U.S., that grows veggies for markets in nearby cities |
| crop rotation | farming method in which different crops are alternated in the same field, preserving soil nutrients |
| contour plowing | farming method in which plowed furrows follow the natural curve of the land, lessoning erosion |
| service industry | business that provides a service, such as banking, insurence, or transportation, instead of making goods |
| interdependent | relaying on one another for goods, services, and ideas |
| north american free trade agreement | trade agreement made in 1993 by canada, the U.S., and mexico |
| acid rain | precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids that damage buildings, forests, and crops and kill wildlife |
| smog | irritating haze caused by the interaction of ultraviolent solar radiation with chemical fumes from automobiles exhausts and other pollution sources |
| eutrophication | process by which the water of a lake or stream becomes too rich in dissolved nutrients, leading to plant growth that depletes oxygen |
| by-catch | unwanted fish, marine animals, and birds caught by fishing trawlers and thrown away |
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