Geography Chapter 5
Which two U.S. states have the largest petroleum reserves?
Alaska and Texas
Since the 1960s, the population of the Manufacturing Belt has declined while the number of businesses moving to the ________________ has increased.
Sunblet
Which of the following statements accurately describes changes in the U.S. economy since the 1950s?
The number of jobs in manufacturing has declined.
Why were the first factories in the United States located along the fall line in the Northeast?
The waterfalls provided power for factories.
Why is it important to protect wetlands and swamps such as Florida's Everglades?
They provide habitats for a great variety of vegetation and wildlife
aqueduct
a channel or pipeline for moving large quantities of water
suburb
a community lying on the fringes of a metropolitan are
divide
a physical feature that determines the direction of river flow
hot spot
a place on the ocean floor through which magma vents to create an underwater volcano that may grown into an island.
hurricane
a powerful tropical storm that forms over warm ocean water
What is a foreclosue?
a procedure in which a borrower gives up rights to a property due to the inability to repay the loan.
Manufacturing Belt
a region in the northeaster and Midwestern United States characterized by its heavy industrial concentration
tributary
a smaller river or stream that feeds into a learger river
smog
haze caused by the interaction of ultraviolet solar radiation with chemical fumes from pollution sources
California's Silicon Valley; Seattle, Washington; and Austin, Texas are urban areas that have become leaders in the
high-tech industry.
Where do the largest concentrations of Asians and Pacific Islanders live in the United States?
the Atlantic coast states and Pacific coast states
What joint U.S. Canadian project reduced pollution in the Nashua River and encourage the construction of wastewater treatment plants?
the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
Columbia Plateau
the dry area between the Pacific Ranges and the Rocky Mountains
fall line
the eastern United States boundary where the elevated Piedmont area drops to the lower Atlantic Coastal Plain.
What are the Great Plains of the United States?
the flat landscape east of the Rocky Mountains
