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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 of the world
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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 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 hemispheres(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 south hemisphere(23 and a 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 and a half degrees South latitude)
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Arctic Circle
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a line of latitude near the North Pole(66 and a half degrees North latitude)
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Antarctic Circle
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a line of latitude near the South Pole(66 and a half degrees South latitude)
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National Parks
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a park 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 U.S.A.
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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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