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36 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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Sea
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A long body of salt water that flows over land.
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Sound
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A long,wide,ocean inlet.
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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 were only mosses, grasses, and linches grow.
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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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Valley
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An area or 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 earth.
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Map
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A drawing of the world or part or the earth.
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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 point furthest north on the earth.
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South Pole
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The point furthest south on the earth.
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Equator
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An imaginary line that divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres (0 degrees longitude).
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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 degrees longitude).
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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 North pole(66 1/2 degrees North latitude
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National Park
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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 or weather a place has throughout the year(buffalo has warm summers and cold winters).
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Chamber or Commerce
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A group of businesspeople who help their community.
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River
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A long body of water or water that flows over land.
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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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