The Northeast
The South
The Midwest
The West
Chapter 7
100
The first stop for most immigrants to the United States from 1892 to 1943
What is Ellis Island?
100
features that make much of the South a great polace for growing crops
What is rich soil and the climate?
100
a downturn in business activity
What is a recession?
100
animals, plants, soil, and minerals
What is natural resources of the West?
100
city in Silicone Valley
What is San Jose?
200
the city where American colonists adopted the Declaration of Independence
What is Philadelphia?
200
the process of moving from an agricultural based economy to an industry based economy
What is industrialization?
200
several kinds of crops are grown
What is a mixed-crop farm?
200
the first miners of the Gold Rush
What is the forty-niners?
200
heart of the computer industry
What is Silicone Valley?
300
economic centers of the Northeast region
What is cities?
300
between the states of Maryland and Virginia
Where is Washington, D.C.?
300
the biggest city in the heartland
What is Chicago?
300
site of the California Gold Rush
What is Sierra Nevada?
300
farms with fewer workers and more land
What is corporate farms?
400
the most densely populated region in the United State
What is the Northeast?
400
an area known for its warm weather
What is the Sun Belt?
400
headquaters of the American automobile industry
What is Detroit?
400
a system of buses and trains used for transportation
What is mass transit?
400
the average number of people per a square mile
What is population density?
500
a region in which cities and suburbs are so close that they form one big urban area
What is a megalopolis?
500
substances like plastics and paint
What is petrochemicals?
500
contributed to Chicago's rise as a steel-making and manufacturing center in the late 1800's
What is railroads?
500
water pollution, traffic jams, and air pollution
What is problems caused by urban growth in the West?
500
trade center for lumber, furs, grain, salmon, and wool in Oregon
What is Portland?
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