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34 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 linches grow.
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valley
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an area of land between mountains or hills grow.
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volcano
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a hole in the earth's crust through which lava, grasses, 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 a 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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latitude
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an east -west 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 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 souther hemisphere (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 (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 near the equator in the southern hemisphere (23 1\2 degrees south)
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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 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 event from being forgotton.
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climate
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the kind of weather a place has in a 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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