1. Chapter 2 Lesson 5 The Piedmont Region
Vocabulary and Places

2. West of the Atlantic Costal plain
Piedmont
West of the Atlantic Costal plain
French for foothill

3. Foothill
Land lying on or near the base of a mountain range

4. Rural
An area outside cities or towns with less population

5. Agricultural
Any activity involving the raising of animals or crops

6. Industries
Making, moving, and selling goods and service

7. Quarry
Place where certain stones and rocks are dug from the earth

8. Reading Northwest of Philadelphia along the Schuylkill river
1800s iron and steel center
Today an Agriculture center

9. Lancaster West of Philadelphia Main Industry: Agriculture and Tourism
Visitors see how Amish live

10. York
Main Industry: manufactures and Quarries

11. Hershey 10 miles East of Harrisburg Main Industry: Tourism
Hershey company is North America’s largest chocolate manufacture

12. Hanover South of Harrisburg Main industry: manufacturing
Though to be snack food capital of the U.S.0

13. Gettysburg Southwest of Harrisburg Main industry: tourism
People visit the Civil War battlefield
Gettysburg address delivered here

14. Harrisburg
Capital of PA