Human Geography of the United States: Shaping an Abundant Land

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Across
  1. 3. A region that covers about one-fourth of the land area of the United States and contains more than one-third of its population.
  2. 4. The movement of peoples within a country or region.
  3. 9. A functional area including a city and its surrounding suburbs and exurbs, linked economically.
  4. 10. A corporation that engages in business worldwide.
  5. 11. A political unit or community touching the borders of the central city or touching other suburbs that touch the city.
  6. 12. North American region, consisting of 13 states, that stretches from the Great Plains to the Pacific Ocean and includes Alaska to the north and Hawaii in the Pacific.
  7. 14. An economic system in which private individuals own most of the resources, technology, and businesses, and can operate them for profit with little control from the government.
  8. 16. An economic phase in which manufacturing no longer plays a dominant role.
  9. 17. The six northern states in the Northeast United States - Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
Down
  1. 1. The movement of plants, animals, and diseases between the Eastern and Western hemispheres during the age of exploration.
  2. 2. The region that contains the 12 states of the north-central United States.
  3. 5. The free, open land in the American West that was available for settlement.
  4. 6. Any kind of economic activity that produces a service rather than a product.
  5. 7. A government in which the people rule through elected representatives.
  6. 8. The territory, including the region between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains, that the United States purchased from France in 1803.
  7. 13. A region in which several large cities and surrounding areas grow together.
  8. 15. A product or good that is sold from one economy to another.