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 s 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 dry, treeless plain 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.

Boarding on or near the sea; relating to navigation or shipping.

An enclosed section of a canal,in which a ship may be raised or lowered by rasing 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 American Free Trade Agreement, which phased out barriers among the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

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Geography Vocb

chapter 7&8 vocab

Term	Definition
1.Megalopolis	A very large city;a region made up of several large cities and their surrounding areas, considered to be a single urban complex.
2.Mangrove	A tropical tree that grows in swampy ground along coastal areas.
3.Bayou	A marshy inlet or outlet of a lake or a river.
4.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.
5.Sunbelt	The southern and southwestern states of the United States, from the Carolina s to southern California, characterized by a warm climate and, recently, rapid population growth.
6.Humus	The organic material that results when plants and animals that live in the soil die and decay.
7.Growing Season	In farming, the average number of days between the last frost of spring and the first frost of fall.
8.Grain Elevator	A tall building equipped with machinery for loading, cleaning, storing, and discharging grain.
9.Grain Exchange	A place where grain is bought and sold as a commodity.
10.Tundra	A dry, treeless plain where temperatures are always cool or cold and only specialized plants can grow.
11.Aqueduct	A large pipe or channel designed to transport water from a remote source over a long distance.
12.Province	A territory governed as a political division of a country.
13.Maritime	Boarding on or near the sea; relating to navigation or shipping.
14.Lock	An enclosed section of a canal,in which a ship may be raised or lowered by rasing or lowering the level of the water in that section.
15.Bedrock	The solid rock underlying the earth's surface
17.Separatism	A movement to win political, religious, or ethnic independence from another group.
18.Secede	To withdraw formally from membership in a political or religious organization.
19.Customs	Fees charged by a government on imported goods.
20.Tariff	A tax imposed by a government on imported goods.
21.NAFTA	North American Free Trade Agreement, which phased out barriers among the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

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