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the exact location of a place
What is absolute location?
100
a system that drains, or carries away, water from the land around it
What is a river system?
100
NC's three regions
What are Coastal Plain, Piedmont, and mountatins?
100
NC's three major exports
What is poultry, swine, and tobacco?
100
natural feature that makes up Earth's surface, such as mountains, hills, plains, and valleys
What are landforms?
200
the height of land above sea level
What is elevation?
200
to change
What is modify?
200
large body of water that borders NC on the east
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
200
types of water in NC
What are rivers, lakes, ponds, and Atlantic Ocean?
200
area with features that make it different from other areas
What is a region?
300
the movement of people from one area to another
What is migration?
300
the postition of a place in relation to one or more places on Earth
What is relative location?
300
how rivers move in the mountains
What is more swiftly?
300
huge farms started by Europeans
What are plantations?
300
the children or grandchildren of a person or group of people
What are descendants?
400
the way of life of a group of people
What is culture?
400
city-like
What is urban?
400
region known for furniture making
What is Piedmont?
400
how early settlers used forests
What is built sawmills and made naval stores?
400
to change in order to make more useful
What is to adapt?
500
the selling of goods and services to travelers
What is tourism?
500
the surroundings in which people live
What is physical environment?
500
region with the most rocks and minerals
What is mountains?
500
region known for seafood
What is Coastal Plain?
500
land beyond the settled lands
What is frontier?