Geography Vocab
Across
- 3. a large population concentration made up of several large and many smaller cities, such as the area between Boston and Washingtonn D.C.
- 4. a concentrated region of manufacturing industries in the northeastern and midwestern United States
- 6. an area in which fish or sea animals are caught
- 7. the removal of all trees in a stand of timber
- 10. the cultivation of seafood
- 12. a seasonal warm wind that blows down the Rockies in late winter and early spring
- 14. process by which a body of water becomes too rich in dissolved nutrients, leading to plant growth that depletes oxygen in the water
- 20. a mild climate region in the southern and southwestern portions of the United States
- 21. elevation above which it is too cold for trees to grow
- 23. a farming method used in dry regions in which crops are grown that rely only on the natural precipitation
- 24. sand or sandstone naturally impregnated with petroleum
- 25. a channel or pipeline for carrying a large quantity of flowing water
- 26. the breaking away of one part of a country to create a separate, independent country
- 27. a member of the Arctic native peoples of North America
- 28. the source of a stream or river
- 29. precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids, wich kills wildlife and damages buildings, forests, and crops
- 30. musical form that developed in the United States in the early 1900s, blending African rythms and European harmonies
Down
- 1. to leave one's own country to settle permanently in another
- 2. legal proceeding in which a borrower's rights to a property are relinquished due to his or her inability to make payments on the loan
- 5. one of the indigenous peoples of Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis
- 8. a boundary in the eastern United States where the higher land of the Piedmont drops to the lower Atlantic Coastal Plain
- 9. a partially self-governing country which close ties to another country
- 11. to change residence from a country to begin living permanently in another country
- 13. a high point or ridge that determines the direction rivers flow
- 15. a smaller river or stream that feeds into a larger river
- 16. a network of safe houses in the United States that helped thousands of enslaved people escape to freedom
- 17. harvesting fish to the point that species are depleted and the value of the fishery reduced
- 18. economy that emphasizes services and technology rather than industry and manufacturing
- 19. haze caused by the interaction of ultraviolet solar radiation which chemical fumes from automobile exhausts and other pollution sources
- 22. an American colonist who remained loyal to the British government