| A | B |
|---|
| retail | The sale of goods directly to customers. |
| temperate | Neither too hot nor very cold. |
| stock | The share in the ownership of a business |
| ecosystem | All the living and nonliving things that make up an environment and affect one another. |
| wholesale | The sale of large amounts of goods, usually to stores. |
| Erie Canal | This canal joined the Hudson River to Lake Erie and gave settlers and goods a way to move from east to west. |
| maritime | on or near the sea |
| finance | The management of money, especially by businesses and banks. |
| canal | A waterway that people dig, usually for shipping. |
| factory | A building or group of buildings in which goods are made. |
| Pilgrims | A group of settlers who founded Plymouth Colony in what is now Massachusetts |
| glacier | A slow-moving sheet of ice that can be more than a mile thick. |
