 | Term | Definition |
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contiguous |
areas whose borders are continually touching each other, side by side |
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Continental Divide |
the top of the Rocky Mountains that divides North America's rivers into the ones that flow eastward and the ones that flow westward |
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basin |
low areas surrounded by mountains or other higher land |
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colonies |
territories controlled by other countries |
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plantations |
very large farms that where crops are planted and grown |
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annexed |
added to another country (When you add a building to a school it is sometimes called an ???? |
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textiles |
cloth products |
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bilingual |
having the ability to speak two different languages |
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second-growth forests |
the trees that grow in an area after the first trees in an area have been cut down |
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megalopolis |
a group of large cities that have grown together into one big city area |
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diversify |
to do different things, like to grow different kinds of crops, instead of just one |
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Corn Belt |
the area of the Midwestern U.S. from Ohio to Iowa where growing corn is important |
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Dairy Belt |
the area of the Midwestern U.S. north of the Corn Belt where dairy farming with cows is important |
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Wheat Belt |
the area of the U.S. Great Plains region in which wheat farming is important |
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center-pivot irrigation |
a type of irrigation that waters crops using sprinkler systems on huge turning wheels |
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strip mining |
the type of mining that digs out and takes off the soil and rock to get to the coal or other resources beneath the soil |
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trade deficit |
when countries spend more money buying goods from other countries than they make selling goods to other countries |
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