Chapter 5 vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. a large population concentration made up of several large and many smaller cities, such as the area between boston and washington, d.c
  2. 7. religious settlment
  3. 11. industries invovled in the production, distribution and marketing of farm products, supplies, and equipment
  4. 12. a resource formed in the Earth by plant and animal remains
  5. 14. a farming method used in dry regions in which crops are grown that rely only on the natural precipitation
  6. 17. a steep cliff or slope between a higher and lower land surface
  7. 20. a smaller river or stream that feeds into a larger river headwaters the source of a stream or river
  8. 22. precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids, which kills wildlife and damages buildings, forests and crops
  9. 24. haze caused by the interaction of ultraviolet solar radiation with chemical fumes from automobile exhausts and other pollution sources
  10. 25. public land set aside for Native American settlements
  11. 26. to withdraw
  12. 28. the creation of a variety of businesses and industries to fuel economic growth
  13. 29. a high point or ridge that determines the direction rivers flow
Down
  1. 1. chemical product derived from petroleum or natural gas
  2. 2. economy that emphasizes services and technology rather than industry and manufacturing
  3. 4. a large, powerful windstorm that forms over warm ocean waters
  4. 5. a boundary in the eastern united states where the higher land of the piedmont drops to the lower Atlantic Coastal Plain
  5. 6. a blast of cold northern air that sweeps across the plains, causing winter temperatures to drop below freezing
  6. 8. a mild climate region in the southern and southwestern portions of the united states
  7. 9. region that includes a central city and its surrounding suburbs
  8. 10. a concentrated region of manufacturing industries in the northeastern and midwestern United States
  9. 13. process by which a body of water becomes too rich in dissolved nutrients, leading to plant growth that depletes oxygen in the water
  10. 15. a channel or pipeline for carrying a large quantity of flowing water
  11. 16. musical form that developed in the United States in the early 1900s, blending African rhythms and European harmonies
  12. 18. the removal of all trees in a stand of timber
  13. 19. a manufacturing plant owned by a foreign company
  14. 21. a network of safe houses in the United States that helped thousands of enslaved people escape to freedom
  15. 23. legal proceeding in which a borrower's rights to a property are relinquised due to his or her inability to make payments on the loan
  16. 27. agent who contracted with mexico to settle families in texas