| A | B |
|---|
| export | to sell products to another country |
| import | to bring a product into the US from another country |
| meridian | An imaginary line that marks off longitude |
| longitude | the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian |
| latitude | distance north & south of the equator |
| landlocked | state or country that is surrounded by land on all sides |
| bay | part of an ocean or lake that cuts deeply into the land |
| Industrial Revolution | a major change in which machines replaced hand tools |
| needleleaf | evergreen tree with long, thin leaves called needles |
| deciduous | broadleaf trees that drop their leaves in the fall |
| glacier | huge sheet of ice that slowly moves across the land |
| foliage | tourist attraction in the NE |
| fishing on the Chesepeake | strictly regulated to maintain healthy quantity |
| Appalachian Trail | stretches more than 2000 mi. from GA to ME |
| fall line | point at which streams and rivers form waterfalls |
| aquaculture | raising of fish on "watery" farms |
| effect -leader of newsprint mfg. for paper industry | Cause - 90% of Maine is forested |
| Vermont & New York | famous for cheese production |
| Massachusettes & Maryland | Known for seafood - lobsters & crabs |
| Throughout NE, especially PA | Large dairy industry & milk production |
| Connecticut | home of many of the country's insurance companies |
| maple, oak, willow | broadleaf trees |
| fir, spruce, pine | needleleaf trees |
| PA & VT | two landlocked NE states with no ocean coastline |
| soggy wetland bogs of MA | perfect for growing blueberries & cranberries |
| whales | no longer hunted since kerosene invented |
