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| region surrounded by higher land |
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| territory controlled by people from a foreign land |
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| string of cities grown together |
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| Midwest from central Ohio to central Nebraska |
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| Includes Wisconsin, and most of Minnesota and Michigan |
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| Area of interior west which stretches across the Dakotas, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Texas |
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| method leads to soil erosion and other problems |
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| value of exports is lower than the value of imports |
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| physical features of the eastern U.S. |
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| Coastal Plain, the Appalachians, the Piedmont |
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| physical features of the interior plains of the U.S. |
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| Great Lakes, Mississippi River, Great Plains |
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| physical features of the western U.S. |
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| Rocky Mountains, Great Basin,Colorado Plateau, Sierra Nevada, Coast Ranges |
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| purchased from Russia in 1867 |
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| annexed to the U.S. in 1898 |
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| route to market for products of the Midwest |
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| allows ships to go between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean |
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| large farm that mainly grows one crop to sell |
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| having the ability to speak more than one language |
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| farmers producing a variety of crops instead of just one |
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