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Silicon Valley
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the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States.home to many of the world's largest technology corporations
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Manufacturing Belt
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a term that gained currency in the 1980s[1] as the informal description of an area straddling the Midwestern and Northeastern United States, iy specialized in large-scale manufacturing of consumer and industrial products.
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Wheat/Corn Belt
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a region of the Midwestern United States where corn/wheat has, since the 1850s, been the predominant crop, replacing the native tall grasses.
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Ohio River
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the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River.
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Trans-Canada Highway
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a federal-provincial highway system that joins the ten provinces of Canada
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Global Economy
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generally refers to the economy, which is based on economies of all of the world's countries, national economies
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Tariffs
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either tax on imports or exports (trade tariff), or a list or schedule of prices for such things as rail service, bus routes, and electrical usage (electrical tariff, etc.).
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Rio Grande
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a river that flows from southwestern Colorado in the United States to the Gulf of Mexico
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Alaska
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the largest state in the United States by area
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