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55 Cards in this Set
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to learn to do something
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adapt
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a sandy clay mixed with straw used for making bricks
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adobe
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old items that tell us about oa group of people
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artifacts
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not natural, usually human-made
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artificial
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a creek or minor river
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bayou
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a valley so steep its walls seem almost vertical
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box canyon
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the occupation, work, or trade in which a person is engaged
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business
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north, south, east, and west
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cardinal directions
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someone who draws maps
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cartographer
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to travel daily by car, bus or train to work
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commute
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a map symbol that shows directions
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compass rose
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a large body of land made up of many countries
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continent
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a soft limestone commonly found in Florida
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coquina
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activities related to art or learning
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cultural activities
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a large, dry area of land with little or no rainfall
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desert
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cleaning, deepening, and widening a waterway
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dredging
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surrounding and features of a place
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environment
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an imaginary line around Earth's surface halfway between the North and South poles
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equator
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a person who studies Earth's surface
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geographer
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a model of Earth on which shapes, areas, distances and directions are all shown
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globe
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a system of lines that form boxes
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grid
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an area of ocean or sea partically surrounded by curved land
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gulf
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a high landform, not as tall as a mountain
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hill
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a map that gives information about the past
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historical map
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a plant from which purple dye is made
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indigo
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northwest, southwest, northeast, southeast
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intermediate directions
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a piece of land surrounded by water on all sides
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island
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cut off from or not connected to other people or places
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isolated
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large body of water surrounded by land
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lake
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melted rock that flows out of volcanoes
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lava
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a map key that explains the symbols on a map
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legend
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a map that helps find where a certain
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locator map
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the one big of land that makes up the United States
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mainland
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making of producing a product, especially large-scale and by machines
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manufacturing
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a feature used to figure out the distance from one place to another on a map
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map scale
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the label that tells what a map is about
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map title
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a drawing of all or part of Earth's surface on a flat piece of paper
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map
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a way of organizing information in your mind
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mental map
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a large city and its inner and outer suburbs
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metropolitan area
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peaked land that rises very high above the land around it
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mountain
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made by nature
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natural
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the biggest body of water that surrounds land
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ocean
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an area area of land surrounded by water on three sides
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peninsula
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a map that shows different landforms and water forms
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physical map
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a broad area of low, level land
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plain
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a large area of high, flat land
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plateau
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all of the people living in a certain area
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population
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land that has many different kinds of grasses growing on it
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prairie
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the starting point to measure both east and west around the globe; located in Greenwish, England
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prime meridian
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a process in which cool winds from the ocean produce rain that falls in the mountains
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rain shadow
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something natural or human-made, that people use
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resource
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a large stream of water that flows through land
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river
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a place where people live that is close to or on the outer edge of a city
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suburb
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the business of buying and selling goods
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trade
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a system for moving passengers and goods from one place ro another
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transportation
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