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| glacier | a huge sheet of ice that slowly moves across the land. |
| fall line | this is the line where hard rock of the mountains and the plateau meets the softer rock of the Costal PLain. |
| Industrial Revolution | A revolution is a sudden, major change. In the Industrial Revolution, new power driven machines replaced hand tools |
| Lowell, Massachusetts | one of the first large mills was located here. |
| Appalachian Mountains | These mountains can be found in almost every state of the Northeast. |
| Appalacian Trial | The longest marked footpath in the world. |
| broadleaf | these are the trees that drop their leaves in the winter. |
| needleleaf | the leaves on these trees are long and thin, like needles. Their leaves do not change color in the fall. |
| latitude | a measure of how far north or south a place is from the equator. They are also called parallels |
| degrees | these are used to measure the distance on Earth's surface. |
| longitude | these lines measure distance east or west. They are also called meridians. |
| prime meridian | The line of longitude, marked 0 degrees , from which other meridians are numbered. |
| global grid | The crisscrossing lines of latitude and longitude on a map or globe. |
| bay | a part of an ocean or lake that cuts deeply into the land. |
| harbor | a place where boats can dock. |
| Chesapeake Bay | The largest bay on the Atlantic Coast. |
| aquaculture | this is the business of raising fish in watery "farms". |
| landlocked | surrounded by land. |
| canton | a governmental division of Switzerland. |
| export | To sell goods to another country. |
| import | To buy goods form another country. |
| timberline | The line on high mountains or in polar regions beyond which it is too cold for trees to grow. |
| Switzerland | A landlocked, mountainous country in central Europe. |
| Alps | The highest mountains in Europe. They curve between the Mediterranean coast and the Balkans. |
| Bern | Captial of Switzerland, on the Swiss Plateau. |
| Jura Mountains | A mountain range thelies in easter France and western Switzerland. |
| Swiss Plateau | The mostly level land between the Alps and the Jura Mountains in Switzerland, where most of the country's big cities are located. |
