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13 Cards in this Set
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The location and elevation of the surface features of an area.
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topography
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A large area of land with similar features.
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geographic region
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The long chain of sandy islands off the coast of North Carolina.
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Outer Banks
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A firsthand account or an artifact made in the period under study.
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primary sorce
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The broad, flat, region that in North Carolina extends 100 to 150 miles inland from the ocean.
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Coastal Plain
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The low-lying eastern part of North Carolina's Coastal Plain.
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Tidewater
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The hilly region between the Coastal Plain and the Appalachian Mountains.
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Piedmont
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The imaginary line formed by connecting all the points where rivers drop suddenly from highlands to lowlands, forming rapids or waterfalls.
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fall line
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The main kind of weather that a region experiences over an extended period of time.
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climate
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A strip of warm-weather states the runs across the southern United States.
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Sun Belt
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All the living and non-living things that make up the enviornment.
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enviornment
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The parts of nature that people use in some way.
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natural resource
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A soil made up of a mixture of clay, sand, and decaying plants.
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loam
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