a very large city, a region madeup of several cities and their surrounding areas

a tropical tree that grows in swampy ground along coastal areas

a marshy inlet or outlet of a lake or river

imagenary line between the appalacjian mountains and the atlantic coastal plain where rivers and streams form waterfalls and rapids as they descend from higher elevations to the coastal basin

the southern and southwestern states of the U.S. from th carolinias, characterized by a warm climate

organic material that result 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 comodity

dry treeless plain that sprouts grasses and mosses only in summer, when the top layer thickens

large pipes that carry water over a long distance

a territory governed as a political division of a country

enclosed section of canal in which a shp may be raised or lowered by raising or lowering the level of the water in that section

the solid rock underlying the earths surface

movement to win political, religious, or ethnic independence from another

to withdraw formally from membership in a political or religious orginization

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 trade barriers among the united states, canada, mexico

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Chapter 7&8 vocab

Vocabulary for 7 & 8

Term	Definition
megalopolis	a very large city, a region madeup of several cities and their surrounding areas
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	imagenary line between the appalacjian mountains and the atlantic coastal plain where rivers and streams form waterfalls and rapids as they descend from higher elevations to the coastal basin
Sunbelt	the southern and southwestern states of the U.S. from th carolinias, characterized by a warm climate
humus	organic material that result 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 building equipped with machinery for loading, cleaning, storing, and discharging grain
grain exchange	a place where grain is bought and sold as a comodity
tundra	dry treeless plain that sprouts grasses and mosses only in summer, when the top layer thickens
aquededuct	large pipes that carry water over a long distance
province	a territory governed as a political division of a country
lock	enclosed section of canal in which a shp may be raised or lowered by raising or lowering the level of the water in that section
maritime	bording on or near the sea
bedrock	the solid rock underlying the earths surface
seperatism	movement to win political, religious, or ethnic independence from another
secede	to withdraw formally from membership in a political or religious orginization
customs	fees charged by a government on imported goods
tariff	a tax imposed by a government on imported goods
NAFTA	North American Free Trade Agreement, which phased out trade barriers among the united states, canada, mexico

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