| A | B |
|---|
| suburbs | communities that develop near cities; more homes than business |
| canal | narrow waterway dug by people used for shipping |
| stagecoaches | horse drawn enclosed wagons |
| commuter | someone who lives in one place and works in another |
| port | a harbor town where ships are loaded and unloaded |
| current | the direction in which water moves continuously |
| locks | part of a canal with gates for raising and lowering boats |
| downstream | water moving in one direction |
| immigrants | people who move to a new nation to live |
| economy | a system of producing, distributing and consuming goods |
| goods | useable products including crops, coal, steel, lumber etc. |
| harness | straps by which an animal is fastened to a wagon or plow |
