Geography and Agriculture Terms

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farm crop grown to be sold or traded rather than used by the farm family

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Cash Crop

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narrow waterway connecting two large bodies of water

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Strait

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southern part of the United States, so named because of its mild climate

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Sunbelt

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a “super-city” that is made up of several large cities and the smaller cities near them, such as the area between Boston and Washington, D.C., or around Tokyo-Yokohama, Japan

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Megalopolis

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region that includes a central city and its surrounding suburbs

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Metropolitan Area

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Person who has left his or her home country and settled permanently in another country

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Immigrant

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farming method used in dry regions in which land is plowed and planted deeply to hold water in the soil

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Dry Farming

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form of government without a monarch, in which people elect their officials, including the head of state

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Republic

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outlying communities around a central city

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Suburbs

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process of turning to the use of machinery in manufacturing

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Industrialization