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28 Cards in this Set
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location
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the place where something is found
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mountain range
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a large group of mountains
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continents
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the large land areas of the earth, such as Africa, Asia, Australia, Antarctica, Europe, North America and South America
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globe
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a model of the earth
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hemisphere
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half of the globe when it is divided into either northern or southern halves or eastern or western halves
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equator
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imaginary line that is halfway between the north pole and the south pole
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map
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a picture that shows the location of things
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nation
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an area of land with its own people and laws, also called a country
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border
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a line on a map that shows where a state or nation ends
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map title
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tells what the map is about
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map key
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also called the legend, tells the meanings of the symbols used on a map
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distance scale
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a map feature used to measure the distance between two places; it tells what the distance on the map equals on the real earth
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compass rose
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the drawing on a map that shows N,S, E, and W, which stands for North, south, east adn west.
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cardinal directions
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the four main directions, north, south, east and west
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President
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the leader of the United States
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population
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the number of people living in a place.
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capital city
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a city in which government leaders meet and work
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suburb
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a small community that is close to a city
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rural
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the countryside, away from cities adn large towns
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history
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the story of what has happened in a place
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pioneer
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a person who helps settle a new land
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ancestor
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someone in a person's family who lived long ago, such as a great-great-grandparent
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founder
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a person who starts something, such as a business or settlement
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settlement
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a small village built by the first people to live in a new place
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time line
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a drawing that shows when and in what order events took place
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sequence
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time order, the order in which events took place
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primary sources
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records made by people who saw or took part in an event, such as a newspaper story, journal, picture or painting
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secondary source
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record that was written by someone who was not present when the event took place
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