| A | B |
|---|
| humid continental | Moist and medium to short growing season |
| humid subtropical | most and mild winters - long growing season |
| semi-arid | dry, long, growing season |
| mountain | depends on elevation, generally dryer and colder than lowlands. |
| marine | very moist with mild winters. Medium to short growing season. |
| mediterranean | dry and warm year-round. Very long growing season. |
| desert | arid and warm year-round |
| cash crop | growing primarily to sell tobacco and cotton |
| textile | a woven or knit cloth |
| migration | to change location |
| equator | the great circle of the earth that is equally distant from the two poles and divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres |
| prime meridian | zero degrees longitude. runs through Greenwich, England |
| longitude | The angular distance east or west of the prime meridian |
| latitude | the angular distance north or short of the equator |
| basin | a small enclosed or partly enclosed body of water |
| bay | a body of water partially enclosed by land, but with a wide mouth affording to access the sea |
| canal | an artificial waterway |
| cape | a point or head of land projecting into the water |
| delta | a triangular sediment deposit at the mouth of a river |
| gulf | a large body of water, partially enclosed by land |
| island | a land mass surround by water |
| Shelby | a really cute, smart and fun girl |
| mountain range | a series of mountains, ridges alike in form, direction and origin |
| peninsula | a piece of land connected to the mainland by a narrow piece of land projected into water |
| plain | extensive area of flat land |
| plateau | a relatively flat highland |
| river source | where the river orginates/starts |
| sea | a division of an ocean or a large body of saltwater partially enclosed by land |
| strait | a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water |
| valley | a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river |
| easiest to inhabit | coastal plains, moist climates (over 20 in per year), long growing seasons |
| not difficult to inhabit | plains/low plateaus, moist climate, med. to short growing season |
| tougher to inhabit | high lands, low mountains, dry semi-arid climate and short growing season |
| hardest to inhabit | rugged mountains, arid climates, short growing season |
