Glossary > Economy > derived demand. derived demand. Demand that arises or is defined indirectly from some other Demand or underlying behavior; e.g., demand for foreign currency is derived from demand for foreign goods, bonds, etc., while demand for import of a homogeneous good is derived from domestic demand and supply. derived demand. InvestorGuide.com.
The Plains Indians traditionally lived on the Great Plains of the United States and Canada. The Great Plains is a vast grassland at the center of North America, reaching from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi River and from southern Canada to the Rio Grande in the U.S. state of Texas.
The Great American Desert. During the early Nineteenth Century, the Great Plains region of the United States--which includes Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Eastern Colorado, Nebraska, and Oklahoma--was identified on maps as the Great American Desert..