US Regions

2. a downturn in business activity
3. substances like plastics, paints, and asphalt, that come from petroleum.
6. the first miners of the Gold Rush.
8. Belt Broad area of the United States that stretches from the southern Atlantic coast to the coast of California.
9. City in Silicon Valley
11. density The average number of people per square mile in a region.
12. transit a method of transportation that replaces individual cars with energy saving buses or trains.
16. The city where American colonists adopted the Declaration of Independence.
17. the process of moving from an agricultural based industry to an industry-based economy.

1. farm a farm that grows several different kinds of crops
4. Trade center for lumber, furs, grain, salmon, and wool in Oregon.
5. a region in which several large cities and surrounding areas grow together.
7. farm a large farm run by a corporation; may consist of many smaller farms once owned by families
10. travel some distance between one's home and place of work on a regular basis.
13. Nevada site of the California gold rush.
14. The biggest city in the Mid-West.
15. Mills factories for clothes and fabrics
18. a mid-western city in Missouri. It was the starting point for pioneers heading west.
19. York City The first capitol of the United States. It is now the money capitol America.