Across
- 1. the removal of all trees in a stand of timber
- 5. the communities outside of a city
- 8. 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
- 9. a farming method used in dry regions in which crops are grown that rely only on the natural precipitation
- 10. a smaller river or stream that feeds into a larger river
- 11. economy that emphasizes services and technology rather than industry and manufacturing
- 12. the coming of the Europeans to the US
- 15. the free, open land that had been available and suitable for settlement
- 17. a region that covers about one-fourth of the land area of the US and contains more than one-third of its population
- 21. a corporation that engages in business worldwide
- 24. precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids, which kills wildlife and damages buildings, forests, and crops
- 26. where manufacturing no longer plays a dominant role
- 27. a functional area including a city and its surrounding suburbs and exurbs, linked economically
- 28. by which a body of water becomes too rich in dissolved nutrients, leading to plant growth that depletes oxygen in the water the water
- 29. Railroad a network of safe houses in the United States that helped thousands of enslaved people escape to freedom
- 30. North American region, consisting of 13 states, that stretches form the great plains to the pacific ocean and includes Alaska to the north and Hawaii in the Pacific
- 31. the region that contains the 12 states of the north-central US
- 33. where the people rule through elected representatives
Down
- 2. territory bought in 1803 that double the size of the US
- 3. a high point or ridge that determines the direction rivers flow
- 4. a large powerful windstorm that forms over warm ocean waters
- 6. any kind of economic activity that produces a service rather than a product
- 7. a region in which several large cities and surrounding area grow together
- 13. goods sold to another country
- 14. a resource formed in the Earth by plant and animal remains
- 16. a boundary in the eastern United States where the higher land of the Piedmont drops to the lower Atlantic Coastal Plain
- 18. the source of a stream or river
- 19. private individuals own most of the resources, technology, and businesses, and can operate them for profit with little control from the government
- 20. a musical form that developed in the United States in the early 1900s, blending African rhythms and European harmonies
- 21. movement
- 22. the six northern states in the Northeast US-Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
- 23. a mild climate region in the southern and southwestern portions of the United States
- 24. a channel or pipeline for carrying a large quantity of flowing water
- 25. haze caused by the interaction of ultraviolet solar radiation with chemical fumes from automobile exhausts and other pollution sources
- 32. Belt a concentrated region of manufacturing industries in the northeastern and Mideastern United States