Chapter 6 Vocabulary United States &Canada

Vocab Questions

1 Chapter 6 Total Value of a nation’s output of goods and services. Gross National Product

2 Chapter 6 Artificial Waterways, to ease water access to previously hard to reach places. Canal

3 Chapter 6 Communication by electronic means; phone, internet, satellite, etc. Telecommunication

4 Chapter 6 Economic system that allows individual business owners to operate, and profit from their own businesses in an open, competitive market Free Enterprise

5 Chapter 6 Comprised of a major city and its surrounding suburbs Metropolitan Area

6 Chapter 6 Rank according to Function Heirarchy

7 Chapter 6 The area served by a metropolis Hinterland

8 Chapter 7 Very large city; region made up of several large cities and their surrounding areas Megalopolis

10 Chapter 7 Tropical tree that grows in swampy ground along coastal areas Mangrove

11 Chapter 7 Marshy inlet or outlet of a lake or river Bayou

12 Chapter 7 Imaginary line b.t. the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic Coastal Plain, where rivers and streams form waterfalls and rapids as they descend from high elevations to coastal plains Fall Line

13 Chapter 7 Southern and Southwestern states of the U.S. Characterized by warm climate and population growth Sunbelt

14 Chapter 7 Organic material that results when plants and animals that live in the soil die and decay Humus

15 Chapter 7 In farming, the average number of days b.t. the last frost of spring and the first frost of fall Growing Season

16 Chapter 7 Tall building equipped with machinery for loading, cleaning, storing, and discharging grain Grain Elevator

17 Chapter 7 Place were grain is bought and sold as a commodity Grain Exchange

18 Chapter 7 Region where temperatures are always cold and only specialized plants can grow Tundra

19 Chapter 7 Large pip or channel designed to transport water from a remote source over a long distance Aqueduct