Object placing on a terrain

I'm new to java and am especially interested in game programming. I started making a game to learn some basics of game programming, where I came to an obstacle I couldn't find a solution for.
So far I made a "ball" positioned in the center of the applet, which is "rolling" on the terrain (actually when you are pressing the keys the terrain moves and not the ball, but it gives you the impression you're moving the ball instead).
Now the problem I have is that I don't know how to place an object (a picture with some in-game attributes) relative to the position of my terrain (a large picture). Because if I'd place it, giving it the coordinates relative to the applet, it would appear as that it's moving on the terrain, while I need it to be fixed on a defined position on my terrain picture, and to move coordingly with it.
Do you have any suggestions on how to make that, or do you know some other way of drawing a terrain with fixed objects, and a character being able to move around?

Would I just use an unload function for all of the movie
clips? I'm new into actionscript and want to further my skills. Im
also not sure where to put the code either.
Or is there a different way that I can do my swap depths so
that it doesn't do the problem that I currently have?

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