Chapter 7 Geography Vocabulary

By hansenjo, Feb 2012

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Silicon Valley	A name given to an area between San Jose and Palo Alto in California, noted for its computing and electronics industries
Manufacturing Belt	The Rust Belt, also known as the Manufacturing Belt or The Factory Belt, is an area in parts of the Northeastern United States, Mid-Atlantic States, and portions of the eastern Midwest
Wheat/Corn Belt	The Corn Belt is a region of the Midwestern United States where corn has, since the 1850s, been the predominant crop
Ohio River	A river that flows for 980 miles (1,580 km) from Pennsylvania to the Mississippi River in Illinois
Trans-Canada Highway	The Trans-Canada Highway (French: Route Transcanadienne) is a federal-provincial highway system that joins the ten provinces of Canada
Global Economy	The world- or global economy generally refers to the economy, which is based on economies of all of the world's countries
Tariffs	A tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports
Rio Grande	A river in North America that rises in the Rocky Mountains of southwestern Colorado and flows 1,880 miles (3,030 km) southeast
Alaska	The largest state in the US, in northwestern North America, with coasts on the Arctic and North Pacific oceans and on the Bering Sea

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