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TX History
Chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| petrochemical | substance made from petroleum or natural gas |
| butte | a flat-topped hill, smaller tha a mesa |
| alluvial soil | soil that has been deposited fro river (running) water |
| agribuisness | large-scale commerical farming |
| drought | dry period in which little, if any, percipitation falls, often causing extensive damage to crops |
| erosion | the wearing away of the earth's surfact by the movement of water, wind, ice, and gravity |
| basin | a sunken area in a plateau found between mountain ranges |
| maquiladoras | factories in Mexico that assemble parts made in the United States |