| A | B |
|---|
| textiles | cloth |
| food processing | preparing food for market |
| barrier islands | low, narrow islands near a coast |
| marsh | a low,wet land |
| bayou | a slow moving body of water |
| generation | the time between the birth of parents and the birth of their children |
| growing season | the time when the weather is warm enough for plants to grow |
| refinery | a factory that turns crude oil into useful products |
| strait | a narrow channel that connects 2 larger bodies of water |
| territory | a place owned and governed by a country |
| coral | a stony material formed by skeletons of sea animals |
| sun belt | a part of the U.S. with a mild climate |
| plantation | a huge farm |
| commonwealth | a territory that governs itself |
