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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 salt water 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 high 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 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 the map shows. Also called a legend.
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Latitude
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An east-west line drawn on a map( 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 furthest point north on Earth.
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South pole
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The furthest point south on Earth.
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Equator
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An imaginary line that divides Earth into northern and southern hemispheres(0° 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(0° longitude).
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Tropic of Cancer
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An imaginary line of latitude near the equator in the northern hemisphere( 23½° north latitude).
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Tropic of Capricorn
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A line of latitude near the equator in the southern hemisphere(23½° south latitude).
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Arctic circle
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A line of latitude near the North pole(66½° North Latitude).
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Antarctic Circle
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A line of latitude near the south pole(66½° South latitude).
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National Park
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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 U.S.
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Capital
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A city where plans for a state or 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(Buffalo has warm summers and cold winters).
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Chamber of Commerce
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A group of businesspeople who help their community
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