North America Vocab

1. send (goods or services) to another country for sale.
4. population living below a specific income set by the country
5. the spreading out of culture, cultural traits, or a cultural pattern from a central point
6. smaller community adjacent to or within commuting distance of a city
7. elevation above which it is too cold for trees to grow
11. removal of all trees in a stand of timber
14. breaking away of one part of a country to create a separate, independent country
16. semi-independent countries under the British Crown that constituted the British Empire
17. to bring a product into a country to be sold

2. economy that emphasizes services and technology rather than industry and manufacturing
3. large population concentration made up of several large and many smaller cities
8. change residence from a country to begin living permanently in another country
9. crops are grown that rely only on the natural precipitation
10. large, powerful windstorm that forms over warm ocean waters
12. leave one's own country to settle permanently in another
13. resource formed in the Earth by plant and animal remains
15. the practice and business of recreational travel based on concern for the environment