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Communities Around Us
Learning About Communities What is a Community? Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 1 What is a community? |
a group of people who live and work in the same place
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Learning About Communities What is a Community? Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 1 Define: citizens. |
people who live in and belong to a community
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Learning About Communities What is a Community? Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 1 Define: culture |
a way of life shared by members of a group. What poeple eat, how they speak and dress
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Learning About Communities What is a Community? Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 1 What is a business? |
workers make or sell things or do work for others
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Learning About Communities What is a Community? Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 1 How do people in communites depend on one antoher? |
They depend on businesses and other people for their wants and needs.
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Learning About Communities What is a Community? Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 1 In what places in a community do people come together? |
schools, libraries, parks, community centers, playgrounds, theaters, museums
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Learning About Communities What is a Community? Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 1 Why do people have laws? |
Laws keep order in a community. Laws help keep people safe.
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Learning About Communities What is a Community? Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 1 What is government? |
a group of poeple that makes laws for a community, a state, or a country.
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Learning About Communities What is a Community? Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 1 What is one thing that members of the government do? |
make laws, & enforce laws
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Learning About Communities Communities are Different Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 2 Define: Climate |
the weather that a place has over a long period of time
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Learning About Communities Communities are Different Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 2 What is a desert? |
a place where the climate is dry.
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Learning About Communities Communities are Different Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 2 Define: landform |
a kind of land
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Learning About Communities Communities are Different Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 2 What are "goods"? |
things that can be bought or sold
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Learning About Communities Communities are Different Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 2 What are "services"? |
is work that someone does for someone else
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Learning About Communities Communities are Different Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 2 How are goods and services different? |
Goods are things that are made or grown. A service is work that people do for others.
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Learning About Communities Communities Near and Far Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 3 Define: nation |
another word for country
an area of land with its own people and laws |
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Learning About Communities Communities Near and Far Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 3 Define: communication |
sharing of information
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Learning About Communities Communities Near and Far Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 3 Define: the internet |
a system that links computers around the world
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Learning About Communities Communities Near and Far Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 3 How does communication allow people to live in communites that are very far from other communites? |
They can communicate with people in other communites using the telephone, radio, and computers.
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Learning About Communities Communities Near and Far Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 3 Why do some communities become sister cities? |
to learn about each other and trade ideas
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Learning About Communities Communities Near and Far Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 3 Why is it important to communicate with people in other nations? |
They can learn about other ways of life and understand each other better.
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Communities Around Us
Learning About Communities Communities Near and Far Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 3 You can use the --- to send e-mail to another person somewhere in the world. |
internet
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Learning About Communities Communities Near and Far Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 3 The process of --- means sharing information |
communication
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Learning About Communities Communities Near and Far Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 3 What are the cardinal directions? |
north, south, east, west
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Learning About Communities Communities Near and Far Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 3 What are the intermediate directions? |
northeast, southest, northwest, and southwest
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Learning About Communities Communities Near and Far Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 3 Know how to use a map scale and a compasss rose to tell the distance and direction you would travel to get to a place. |
For instance, "When a bus travels from Springfield to Jefferson City, in which direction is it going?" or "About how far is Joplin from Independence?"
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Learning About Communities Discover Your Community Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 4 What are "reference works"? |
sources of facts
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Learning About Communities Discover Your Community Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 4 How is researching your community like being a detective? |
You search for clues to find information about your community.
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Learning About Communities Discover Your Community Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 4 What is an ancestor? |
someone in a person's family who lived long ago
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Learning About Communities Discover Your Community Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 4 Define: "Heritage" |
the set of values and ways of life handed down from people who lived long ago
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Learning About Communities Discover Your Community Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 4 What is a "historical site"? |
a place where an important event took place
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Learning About Communities Discover Your Community Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 4 What is a "historical society"? |
an organization of community members who are interested in their community's history
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Communities Around Us
Learning About Communities Unit 1 Chapter 1 Review --- is a group of people that makes laws for a community, a state, or a country |
government
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Communities Around Us
Learning About Communities Unit 1 Chapter 1 Review --- is a set of values and ways of life handed down from people who lived long ago |
heritage
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Communities Around Us
Learning About Communities Unit 1 Chapter 1 Review --- is a group of people who live and work in the same place |
Community
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Communities Around Us
Learning About Communities Unit 1 Chapter 1 Review --- is the weather a place has over a long people of time |
climate
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Communities Around Us
Learning About Communities Unit 1 Chapter 1 Review --- is an area of land with its own people and laws. |
nation
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Communities of Different Sizes Urban Communities Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 1 Define: region |
an area with at least one feature that makes it different from other areas
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Communities of Different Sizes Urban Communities Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 1 A --- is an area with at least one feature that makes it different from other areas |
region
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