SS Chapter 5 Vocab
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- This mountain range found in almost every state of the northeast. They were formed by glaciers which gave them their more rounded tops.
- Appalachian Mountains
- What are the names of the two groups of states in the Northeast Region?
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New England States
and the
Middle Atlantic States - The longest marked footpath in the workd that runs from Georgia to Maine.
- Appalachian Trail
- A huge sheet of ice that slowly moves across the land.
- Glacier
- The line where the hard rock of the mountains and the plateau meets the softer rock of the Coastal Plains.
- Fall Line
- One of the first largest mills was located here.
- Lowell, Massachusetts
- A sudden, major change
- revolution
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When new power-driven machines replaced hand tools.
As a result, goods could be made quicker and in greater numbers. - Industial Revolution
- Leaves found in the Northeast that are mostly wide. For example: maples, oaks, willows, and hickory.
- Broadleaf
- The leaves on these trees are long and thin like needles and do not change color in autumn. Examples: pines, firs, and spruces.
- Needleaf
- Why do tourists often come to the Northeast in autumn.
- To see the colorful countryside.
- A measure of how far north or south a place is from the equator.
- latitude
- Another name for lines of latitude
- parallels
- These are used to measure the distance on the Earth's surface.
- degrees
- Imaginary lines on a map or globe that measure distances east of west of the prime meridian.
- longitude
- The first line or starting place for measuring lines or longitude.
- prime meridian
- A word that means "first".
- prime
- Another name for lines of longitude.
- meridians
- The grid on a map that helps you find a location.
- global grid
- a part of an ocean or lake that cuts deeply into the land
- bay
- a place where boats can dock.
- harbors
- The largest bay on the Atlantic Coast. It stretches almost 200 miles north to south. It is an important source of many kinds of fish.
- Chesapeake Bay
- The business of raising fish in watery "farms"
- aquaculture