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ch. 8 world geo
ch. 8 8lo
Question | Answer |
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colonies | territories controlled by people from a foreign land |
plantations | large farms that produce one major crop often for export |
bilingual | able to speak 2 languages |
Megalopolis | group of cities in the northeastern u.s. that has grown into 1 large built up area; also used to describe similar areas around the world |
corn belt | region of the u.s. midwest that specializes in growing corn |
dairy belt | region of the u.s. midwest that specializes in dairy products |
wheat belt | region of the u.s. interior west specializing in growing wheat |
silicon valley | area south of san francisco, california that became the leading center of computer technology in the u.s. |
textiles | cloth products |
metropolitan area | a city and its surrounding built up areas |
arable | fit for growing crops |
smog | air pollution resulting from chemical reactions involving sunlight and automobile and industrial exhaust |
north american free trade agreement(NAFTA) | agreement between canada, u.s., and mexico to eliminate tariffs on many products flowing between these 3 countries |
gentrification | process of buying run-down homes in older areas of a community and restoring them |
superpower | huge powerful country |
trade deficit | situation in which the value of a country's exports is less than the value of the country's imports |
tariffs | taxes on imports and exports |