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Exploring PA: Ch 2
Unit 1
Term | Definition |
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region | a large area in which places have something in common |
transportation | the moving of people and goods |
suburb | a small community near a city |
merchant | a person who buys and sells goods for a profit |
piedmont | "foot of the mountain" |
plateau | a large area of high, almost level land |
canal | a waterway made by people |
ridge | a line of mountains or hills |
erosion | the slow wearing away of soil and stone by wind and water |
cavern | an underground cave |
mineral | material obtained by mining |
evaporate | to change from liquid to gas |
Ice Age | a period of time when Earth was much colder than it is today |
glaciation | the way land is affected as a glacier moves across it |
glacier | a huge sheet of ice |
landmark | something familiar that can be used as a guide |
port | a harbor where ships unload or load |
peninsula | a landform surrounded almost completely by water |