Geography of the

13 Colonies
Chapter 5
Pages 160 - 163
Vocabulary

growing season - the time of year when it is warm enough to

grow plants

tidewater - coastal area of the South with rivers that rise and fall
with the tides

fall line - an imaginary line between the the Appalachian

Mountains and the Atlantic coastal plains. It connects
waterfalls along the eastern coast of the US and marks where
the height of the land drops

backcountry - the sparsely populated area on the western side

of the fall line