Chapter 13 Key Term Quiz

North America
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The idea that small issues such as broken windows need to be addressed in order to instill a sense of civic pride. Also used to refer to a policing strategy that addresses small issue such as panhandling in order to prevent more serious crimes.

Areas of environmental contamination. Some of the most polluted sites in the US designated for clean up.

Glacial deposits of rock and sediment.

The movement that occurred between 1916 and 1970 of almost 6 million Africa Americans from the Deep South to cities in the North and West of the USA.

A straight linedm heavy wind storm that can develop and move quickly.

A strong westerly wind several miles the globe. The shifting nature of jet streams is responsible for changing weather patterns.

The region stretching from California to Florida associates with arm weather, bright sunshine and economic growth.

The 750-mile active zone between he Pacific and North American plates that runs from San Francisco down to southern California.

Occurred when European colonists came to the New World and brought diseases that killed millions of indigenous people.

A country in which the city and the state are essentially one and the same.

Injecting liquids at high pressure into underground rock formations to extract oil and gas.

An area where waters drains from and flows into a river or a number of tributaries.

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