1. Vocabulary Chapter 1

2. loam - dark soil composed of sand, clay, and decaying plants.

3. geographic region - large area of land with a common set of features

4. climate - weather experienced by a region over a period of time

5. sunbelt - strip of warm weather states that runs across the southern United States

6. natural resource - any part of nature that people use in some way

7. piedmont - hilly region between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains

8. tidewater - low lying eastern part of NC's Coastal Plain

9. Coastal Plain - flat region in NC that stretches 100- 150 miles inland from the coast

10. Outer Banks - long chain of sand bars and barrier islands off the coast of NC

11. sandbank - large deposit of sand forming a mound, ridge or hillside

12. vicinity - surrounding area

13. Environment- includes all living and nonliving things that make up an area

14. topography - physical terrain

15. fall line - dividing line between the Piedmont and the Coastal Plains.

16. Primary Source- A firsthand account, like an interview is an example

17. 4 Square Vocabulary