Geography 2

3. - low area of land, generally surrounded by mountains
6. soil - soil deposited by streams or rivers
7. islands - form along parts of the coastal plain
9. deficit - happens when the value of a country’s exports is less than the value of its imports
13. - process of buying run-down homes and restoring them
16. - feeling of strong political emotional loyalty to one’s own region

1. divide -the crest dividing North America’s major river systems into those flowing eastward and those flowing westward
2. - the belief that certain parts of a country should be independent
4. hazards - events in the physical environment that can destroy human life and property
5. Belt - Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan where cooler summers and rockier, less fertile soil means lots of dairy cattle
6. - land fit for growing crops
8. Belt - Dakotas, Montana, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas
10. - area which is at or near the foot of a mountain region
11. - region that lies far away from major population centers
12. spot - place where magma wells up to the surface from Earth’s mantle
14. Valley - south of San Francisco, leading center of computer technology
15. Belt - region which stretches from Nebraska to Ohio which specializes in growing corn
17. - air pollution resulting from chemical reactions involving sunlight and automobile/industrial exhaust