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38 Cards in this Set
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Something found in nature, such as weather, plant life, land and water.
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Physical Feature
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The natural feature or shape of land.
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Landforms
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Groups of mountains
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Mountain ranges
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Lowlands between hills and mountain ranges
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Valleys
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Highlands with steep sides and flat tops
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Plateaus
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a landform that is flat or gently rolling
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Plain
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A piece of land that has water almost all the way around it
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Peninsula
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The land next to oceans or on the shores of lakes or along rivers
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Coasts
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The kinds of weather a place has in each season year after year
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Climate
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A place with a hot, dry climate.
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Desert
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Features that people have added to a place
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Human-made Features
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A place that has deep water where ships can dock
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Port
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A protected place where ships can stay safe from high waves and strong winds
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Harbor
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Communities where buying and selling goods is the main work
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Trade centers
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Parts of rivers where the water runs very fast, often over rocks
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Rapids
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A path from one place to another
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Route
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A place where two routes cross
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Crossroads
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A boat that carries people and goods across a waterway
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Ferry
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A shallow place in a waterway that can be crossed by walking, riding, or driving
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Ford
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The land beside a river
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Riverbank
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A smaller river that flows into a larger one
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Branch
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Entrance
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Gateway
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To make
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Manufacture
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In-between directions
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Intermediate directions
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Plants used by people for food or other needs
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Crops
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Something found in nature that people can use
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Natural Resource
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The months in which crops can grow
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Growing Season
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A resource such as silver, gold, or iron that is found inside the Earth
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Mineral
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A resource such as oil that can be found inside the Earth
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Fuel
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Towns with buildings, but no people
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Ghost Towns
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A city where leaders of the country could meet and work
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Capital city
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The building where lawmakers meet
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Capitol
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City where lawmakers meet to make laws for a state
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State Capital
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Part of a state
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County
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A city or town where the leaders of a county meet
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County Seat
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Lines that are drawn on a map to show where one country or one state ends and another begins
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Borders
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Another word for border
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Boundary
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A thick forest with a hot, wet climate, and covers much of the land
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Rain Forest
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