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NE Notes
Term | Definition |
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mountain range | a group of many mountains |
glaciers | huge, moving sheets of ice |
harbor | a place where ships can dock safely |
broadleaf | trees with wide flat leaves |
needleleaf | trees with long thin leaves that can be sharp |
agriculture | the business of growing crops and raising animals for food |
bay | a part of sea, ocean, or lake that cuts deeply into the land |
urban | a city and the communities around it |
suburbs | the communities outside a city |
Industrial Revolution | a time when new machines took the place of hand tools |
manufacturing | the making of large numbers of goods in factories |
rural | living in the country (not town) |
tourism | the business of providing services for people on vacation |
population | the number of people who live in a place |
port | a place where ships load and unload their goods |
metropolitan | a large city or group of cities with their nearby suburbs |
megalopolis | when several metropolitan areas connect with each other |
tradition | a special way of doing something that has been done for a long time |
Geographical Features of the Northeast | 1. rocky coastlines 2. Coastal Plains 3. Appalachian Mountains |
Natural Resources of the Northeast | 1. forests 2. soil 3. water 4. minerals and stones |