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Exploring PA: Ch 2
Unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |