Physical Features
Geographers can further divide regions into smaller parts called ________.
Subregions
Living or occurring naturally in a particular place.
Large areas where many people live.
Metropolitan areas
A region of parallel mountain chains.
Cordillera
Always on the move
Nomadic
______ feed into the Mississippi, adding to its strength and volume.
Tributaries
Being alone or separated from others
Isolated
A business that provides services to people who are traveling for enjoyment.
Tourism
Towns or Villages in Spanish
Pueblos
Embankments to control the flooding and reduce the damage to homes and crops.
Levees
Colonists
Income generated by a business.
Revenue
An imaginary line through the Rocky Mountains.
Continental Divide
A region just beyond or at the edge of a settled area.
Frontier
Coastal Plain
Growing crops and raising livestock to sell.
Agriculture
Basic rights that belong to all citizens.
Process by which water is supplied to dry land.
Irrigation
A piece of land set aside for Native Americans
Reservations
The Appalachian Mountain system stand side by side in _____ ranges.
Parallel
Manufacturing, making products to sell is called.
Industry
Businesses that provide services rather than products.
Service industries
A dry wind that blows through the Great Plains during the winter.
Chinook
For an animal to disappear from earth
Extinct