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Third Grade Social StudiesUnit 1

Vocabulary

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Definition: the study of places

vegetation

geography

region Click here to go to the next

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Definition: someone who studies places.

Human characteristics

Natural characteristic

geographerClick here to

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Definition: things that were not made by humans

geographer

Human characteristics

Natural characteristics

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Definition: parts of a place made by people

Natural characteristics

Human characteristics

countyClick here to

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Definition: A division of a state.

county

street

cityClick here to

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Definition: one of the 50 parts of our county

state

Country Click here to

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county

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Definition: THE PLACE WHERE ONE AREA ENDS AND ANOTHER BEGINS!

MAPS

BORDERClick here to

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STATES

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Definition: A group of elected citizens who carry out the rules of community, state or country.

location

border

governmentClick here to

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Definition: where a place is found

government

location

Absolute location

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Definition: where is the exact locationof a place is ?

location

Relative location

Absolute location

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Definition: where a place is in relation to other places

Direction word

Absolute location

Relative location

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Definition: words like north ,south, east, and west

map

Direction words

relativelocationClick here to

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Definition: a picture that shows the location of something

landforms

Direction words

mapClick here to

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Definition: different kinds of land on the earth

map

landforms

port Click here to go to the next

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Definition: land surrounded by water on three sides

peninsula

islands

hillsClick here to

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Definition: a piece of land that is surrounded by water.

island

port

mid west region

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Definition: Maps that show characteristics of an area such as landforms ,climates , or forests

Midwest region

Special purpose maps

regionClick here to

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Definition: How high a place is

maps

borderClick here to

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yesElevation

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Definition: A row of connected mountains

Mountain range

maps

phone Click here to go to the next

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Definition: Ridges of hills of loose sand piled up by the wind

Sand dunes

copper

glacier Click here to go to the next

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Definition: Five huge lakes located in the northern part of the United States

Pacific Ocean

Great lakes

RiverClick here to

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Definition: a body of water that is partly blocked off by land

bay

copper

glacierClick here to

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Definition: Giant sheets of slowly moving ice.

bay

elevation

glacier

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Definition: The plants of an area.

bay

glaciers

vegetationClick here to

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Definition: Weather over a long period of time.

vegetation

climate

lighthouseClick here to

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Definition: how hot or cold the air is.

climate

temperature

lighthouseClick here to

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Definition: water that falls to the ground as rain sleet hail or snow

precipitaion

vegetation

glacier Click here to go to the next

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Definition: a tall building like a tower that has a light in the top to guide ships

lighthouse

Natural resources

border Click here to go to the next

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Definition: Things in nature that people find useful.

Absolute location

natural resources

lighthouseClick here to

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Definition: soil that is good for growing things

Iron ore

Fertile soil

mineralsClick here to

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Definition: natural resources found in the ground such as iron ore

minerals

Landforms

islandsClick here to

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Definition: a mineral that is used to make steel

map

Iron ore

Fertile soilClick here to

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Definition: A mineral that is used to make things such as pipes for plumbing

Diversity

Culture

CopperClick here to

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Definition: A stone that is mined and used to make steel and cement.

limestone

wood

Wind farmClick here to

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Definition: Natural resources that can be replaced

Renewable resources

Nonrenewable resources

Human/environment interactions

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Definition: natural resources that cannot be replaced

Renewable resources

human/ environment

interaction

Nonrenewable resources

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Definition: Ways in which people use and interact with the earth Adapting to the

natural environment

Renewableresources

Human environment interaction

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Definition: When people change the environment to fit them

Modifying the environment

Adapting to the

environment

movementClick here to

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Definition: When people change to fit the environment

Adapting to the environment

copper

glacierClick here to

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Definition: the theme of geography that explains how and why people , goods and ideas move

movement

canoe

people Click here to go to the next

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Definition: way of moving things and people from one place to another Modifying

the environment

movement

transportation

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Definition: A city where many roads and railroads meet

port

Hub

regionClick here to

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Definition: A city on a body of water where ships load and unload

ocean

hub

portClick here to

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Definition: An area with one or more common features.

PORT

MIDWEST REGION

REGION Click here to go to the next

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Definition: a region of the united states that includes the state of Michigan.

Region

Midwest Region

Great Lake Region

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