Social Studies
Terms
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- mineral
- natural substace found in the earth that is not a plant or animal
- map key
- something that tells what the symbols on a map stand for
- peninsula
- land that has water on all sides but one
- coast
- the land next to an ocean
- suburb
- a community located near a city
- interest
- money paid for the use of borrowing money
- landform
- one of the shapes of earth's surface
- continent
- a very large body of land
- plateau
- a large area of high, flat land that is raised above surrounding land
- climate
- the weather a place has over a long period of time
- economy
- the making and consuming of goods and services
- compass rose
- a guide to the cardinal directions on a map
- community
- a place where people live, work, and have fun together.
- fertilizer
- chemicals used to help plants grow
- recycling
- using something over again
- scale
- a ruler on a map that measures distance
- natural resources
- something found in nature that people use.
- citizen
- a member of a community or country
- equator
- an imaginary line around the middle of earth
- rural
- a community of farms or open country where distances are far between one place and another.
- services
- work that helps others by providing something they need or want
- geography
- the study of earth and the way people, plants, and animals live on and use it.
- culture
- the way of life of a group of people including that group's language, music, foods, holidays, and beliefs.
- urban
- a community that includes the city and its surrounding areas.