Vocabulary Chapter 2 Word Scramble
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Vocabulary | Definition |
Section 1 | |
Petrochemical | substance made from petroleum or natural gas |
Alluvial soil | soil that has been deposited from river (running) water |
Section 2 | |
Butte | a flat - topped hill, smaller than a mesa |
Agribusiness | large-scale commercial farming |
Section 3 | |
Drought | dry period in which little, if any, precipitation falls, often causing extensive damage to crops |
Erosion | the wearing away of the earth's surface by the movement of water, wind, ice, and gravity |
Section 4 | |
Basin | a sunken area in plateau found between mountain ranges |
"Maquiladoras" | factories in Mexico that assemble parts made in United States |
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