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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 grass.
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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 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 more body of water.
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swamp
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a low, wet area were trees and high shrugs grow
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tundra
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a cold, dry treeless region were only mosses, grasses, and lichens grow.
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valley
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an area of land between mountins and hills
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volcano
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a hole in earth's crust though 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 earth.
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globe
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a model of our Earth.
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map
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A drawing of the world or part of the world
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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, water, forest, 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 or touch the edge of. the line between country and other places .
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monument
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something set up to keep a person or an a event
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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.
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map key
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tell what the map shows.
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latitude
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an east-west line drawn on a map.
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longitude
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a north-south line on maps and globes.
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north pole
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the point furthest on north earth.
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south pole
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the point furthest south on earth.
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prime meridian
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an imaginary line of longitude from which all others lines of longitude.
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tropic of cancer
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a line of latitude.
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Tropic of capricorn
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a line of longitude.
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arctic circle
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a line of latitude near the north pole.
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antarctic circle
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a line of latitude near the south pole.
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Equator
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an imaginary line that divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres.
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chamber of commerce
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a group of business people who help their community.
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Climate
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the kind of weather a place has through the year.
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