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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 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 moutains or hills
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volcano
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a hole in the earth's crust through which lava grasses and ash 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 of 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 a map( 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 hemisphere (0 degrees latitude)
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prime meridian
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an imaginary of longitude from which all other lines of longitude are measured (o degrees south longitude).
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tropic of cancer
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a line of latitude near the equator in the northern hemisphere(23 one half 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 one half degrees south latitude.
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arctic cirle
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a line of latitude near the north pole (66 one half degrees north latitude.
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antarctic circle
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a line of latitude near the south pole (66 one half degrees south latitude.
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national parks
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a park that belongs to all of 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 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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