| A | B |
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| suburbs | outlying communites around central city |
| Sunbelt | southern part of the United States known for its mild climate |
| immigrant | person who has moved from a home country to permanently settle in another country |
| timberline | elevation above which it is too cold for trees to grow |
| typhoon | a violent (cyclone) tropical storm that forms in the Pacific Ocean |
| hurricane | a large, powerful windstorm that forms over warm waters in the Atlantic Ocean |
| tornado | a violent windstorm with rotating winds and a funnel shaped cloud |
| blizzard | heavy snowstorm with winds of more than 35 mph |
| fishery | fresh or saltwater areas where fish or other sea animals are caught |
| tributary | smaller rivers and streams that feed into a larger river |
| continental divide | a line or ridge that separates rivers flowing toward opposite sides of the continent |
| mesa | flat-topped, elevated landform |
| plateau | flat landmass higher than surrounding land with at least one cliff |
| smog | fog or haze combined with smoke and pollution |
| acid rain | precipitation that is acidic, harms plants, animals, and infrastructure |
| North American Free Trade Agreement | agreement creating a rules-based trade bloc between Canada, USA, and Mexico |
| interdependent | when 2 or more things, countries, or people depend on each other |
| crop rotation | farming method that alternates crops in the same field to preserve soil nutrients |
| free enterprise | economic system in which private business operates with little government interference |
| literacy rate | percentage of a given population that can read and write |
| mobil | describing things that move easily from place to place |
| jazz | musical form that developed in the USA blending African rhythms and European harmonies |
| bilingual | speaking or using two languages |
| multicultural | having elements from more than one culture |
| Cabinet | heads of executive departments that advise the US president |
| amendment | official changes made to the US Constitution |
| Constitution | plan of government for the USA |
| dry farming | farming method in which land is plowed deeply to hold water in the soil |
| industrialization | process of turning to the use of macinery in manufacturing |
| republic | form of governmet in which people hold the supreme power through elected representatives and no monarch |
| cash crop | crop grown to be sold or traded rather than used by the farmer |
| strait | narrow waterway connecting 2 large bodies of water |
| megalopolis | a "Super-city" made up of several smaller cites near them |
| North American megalopolis | Boston to Washington, D.C. |
| metropolitan area | region that includes a central city and its surrounding suberbs |
