World Geography Chapters 4 and 5

to leave one's country to settle permanently in another

• migrate

• emigrate

• inuit

to leave one's country to settle permanently in another

• migrate

• emigrate

• inuit

The eastern United States boundary where the elevated Piedmont area drops to the lower Atlantic Coastal Plain.

• Divide

• Foreclosure

• Fall Line

• Clear-cutting

A place on the ocean floor through which magma vents to create an underwater volcano that may grow into an island.

• Divide

• Ashcan School

• Sunbelt

• Hot Spot

The process by which a body of water becomes rich in dissolved nutrients, encouraging growth of small plants, especially algae.

• Eutrophication

• Hurricane

• Smog

• Aqueduct

The source of a stream or river.

• Hurricane

• Tributary

• Suburb

• Headwaters

The removal of whole forests when harvesting timber.

• Aqueduct

• Clear-cutting

• Great Plains

• Fall Line

A smaller river or stream that feeds into a larger river.

• Tributary

• Aqueduct

• Eutrophication

• Hurricane

A community lying on the fringes of a metropolitan area.

• Ashcan School

• Hurricane

• Tributary

• Suburb

A channel or pipeline for moving large quantities of water.

• Divide

• Aqueduct

• Headwaters

• Tributary