Geography Regions Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• humid : air contains a higher amount of water vapor and is hot and sticky feeling
• agribusiness : large-scale farming including production, processing, and distribution
• intrastate : connecting the existing area within a state
• urbanization : becoming a city over time
• boom and bust cycle : an economic period in which high demands leads to high output which results in falling prices and hard times
• open range : public land that could be used by anyone, usually for grazing cattle
• stockyard : place where livestock are penned before they are shipped off elsewhere
• wrangler : a ranch hand who takes care of saddle horses on a cattle drive
• wildcatter : an independent oil driller
• arid : area that is lacking enough water for things to grow
• drought : a period of lower than normal precipitation
• alluvial soil : rich dirt that has been deposited from flowing river water
• interstate : a network of highways that connect major cities across the u.s.
• petrochemical : any substance made from petroleum or natural gas
• refinery : building equipped to process products such as oil, metals, or sugar
• derrick : a framework or tower that supports a drill over a deep hole