SS chapter 7

Having to do with the building & testing of equipmet for air and space travel.

dry

a slow moving body of water

petroleum pumped from the ground

to dig out the bottom & sides of a waterway to make it deeper & wider

a narrow strip of water leading into land from a larger body of water

the use of canals, ditches, or pipes to move water to dry areas

another word for oil

a factory that turns crude oil into useful products, such as gasoline

surface water that does not soak into the ground

Large ships sail into the port of Houston, texas because people dredged the _______ connecting the city to the Gulf of Mexico

name the industries that are a major part of the south central region's diverse economy

a conflict between the United States & Mexico ccurred over their shared border because the channel of the Rio Grande...

Four ways people in the United States & Mexico share the Rio Grande....

Name the features found along the Gulf Coast of the South Central region.

The ___________ were the first Europeans to claim land in the South Central region.

Oklahoma was settled by Europeans much later that the rest of the South Central states because only _________
___________ wereallowed to live there.

Texas ranchers got their cattle to markets elsewhere in the country by...

People use equipment to turn crude oil nto useful products, such a gasoline in a .....