North America

5. smaller community adjacent to or within commuting distance of a city
6. leave one's own country to settle permanently in another
7. change residence from a country to begin living permanently in another country
8. economy that emphasizes services and technology rather than industry and manufacturing
9. characteristic of a town or city
10. crops are grown that rely only on the natural precipitation
12. large population concentration made up of several large and many smaller cities
13. removal of all trees in a stand of timber
15. elevation above which it is too cold for trees to grow

1. concentrated region of manufacturing industries in the northeastern and midwestern US
2. mild climate region in the southern and southwestern portions of the US
3. countryside rather than the town
4. large, powerful windstorm that forms over warm ocean waters
6. the practice and business of recreational travel based on concern for the environment
11. resource formed in the Earth by plant and animal remains
14. breaking away of one part of a country to create a separate, independent country