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35 Cards in this Set
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Plateau
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A flat area of land that is higher than the land around it
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Prairie
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A region of flat or hilly land covered by tall grasses
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River
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A long body of water that flows over land
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Sea
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A body of saltwater that is partly enclosed by land
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Sound
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A long, wide ocean inlet
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Strait
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A narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water
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Swamp
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A low wet area where trees and tall shrubs grow
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Tundra
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A cold, dry, treeless region where only mosses, grasses and lichens grow
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Valley
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An area of land between mountains or hills
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Volcano
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A hole in the Earth's crust through which lava, gasses and ash are released
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Waterfall
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A stream of water that falls from a high place
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Hemisphere
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Half of the Earth
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Globe
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A model of the world
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Map
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A drawing of the world or part of the world
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Symbols
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A sign or drawing that stands for something
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Scale
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Tells real distance on a map (Ex. 1 inch=100 miles)
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Map Key
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Tells what a map shows. Also called a legend
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Latitude
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An east-west line drawn on maps and globes (Ex. Equator)
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Longitude
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A north-south line drawn on maps and globes (Ex. Prime Meridian)
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North Pole
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The point furthest north on Earth
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South Pole
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The point furthest south on Earth
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Equator
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An imaginary line that divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres (0 degrees latitude)
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Prime Meridian
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An imaginary line of longitude from which all other lines of longitude are measured
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Tropic of Cancer
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A line of latitude near the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere (23 1/2 degrees north latitude)
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Tropic of Capricorn
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A line of latitude near the Equator in the Southern Hemisphere (23 1/2 degrees south latitude)
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Arctic Circle
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A line of latitude near the North Pole (66 1/2 degrees north latitude)
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Antarctic Circle
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A line of latitude near the South Pole (66 1/2 degrees south latitude)
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National Parks
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A park that belongs to all the people of a country or nation
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Natural Resources
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Something useful to people and supplied by nature, such as land, water, forests and minerals
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State
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A part of a country. There are 50 of these in the United States
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Capital
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A city where plans for a state of nation are made
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Border
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To be next to or touch the edge of. The line between countries, states, and other places
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Monument
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Something set up to keep a person or an event from being forgotten (Ex. building, statue, arch, column, tomb)
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Climate
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The kind of weather a place has throughout the year
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Chamber of Commerce
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A group of businesspeople who help their community
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