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Silicon Valley
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Refers to the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States.
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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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a region of the Midwestern United States where corn 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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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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