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Silicon Valley
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largest U.S. high-tech center after New York and Washington, D.C. in California has year round pleasant weather, and offers nearby housing
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Manufacturing Belt
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Economic region in the NE quadrant of the United States, focused on the Midwestern states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio, as well as Pennsylvania
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Wheat/Corn Belt
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Wheat belt from Prairie provinces of Canada and the Great Plains; Corn streches from to Ohio to Nebraska
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Ohio River
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largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi RiverTrans-Canada Highway- run 4860 miles (4821 km) from Victoria, British Columbia to St.John's, Newfoundland
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Tariffs
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May be 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
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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. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait
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Trans-Canada Highway
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run 4860 miles (4821 km) from Victoria, British Columbia to St.John's, Newfoundland
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