Unit 2 Social Studies 2
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- Something found in nature, such as weather, plant life, land and water.
- Physical Feature
- The natural feature or shape of land.
- Landforms
- Groups of mountains
- Mountain ranges
- Lowlands between hills and mountain ranges
- Valleys
- Highlands with steep sides and flat tops
- Plateaus
- a landform that is flat or gently rolling
- Plain
- A piece of land that has water almost all the way around it
- Peninsula
- The land next to oceans or on the shores of lakes or along rivers
- Coasts
- The kinds of weather a place has in each season year after year
- Climate
- A place with a hot, dry climate.
- Desert
- Features that people have added to a place
- Human-made Features
- A place that has deep water where ships can dock
- Port
- A protected place where ships can stay safe from high waves and strong winds
- Harbor
- Communities where buying and selling goods is the main work
- Trade centers
- Parts of rivers where the water runs very fast, often over rocks
- Rapids
- A path from one place to another
- Route
- A place where two routes cross
- Crossroads
- A boat that carries people and goods across a waterway
- Ferry
- A shallow place in a waterway that can be crossed by walking, riding, or driving
- Ford
- The land beside a river
- Riverbank
- A smaller river that flows into a larger one
- Branch
- Entrance
- Gateway
- To make
- Manufacture
- In-between directions
- Intermediate directions
- Plants used by people for food or other needs
- Crops
- Something found in nature that people can use
- Natural Resource
- The months in which crops can grow
- Growing Season
- A resource such as silver, gold, or iron that is found inside the Earth
- Mineral
- A resource such as oil that can be found inside the Earth
- Fuel
- Towns with buildings, but no people
- Ghost Towns
- A city where leaders of the country could meet and work
- Capital city
- The building where lawmakers meet
- Capitol
- City where lawmakers meet to make laws for a state
- State Capital
- Part of a state
- County
- A city or town where the leaders of a county meet
- County Seat
- Lines that are drawn on a map to show where one country or one state ends and another begins
- Borders
- Another word for border
- Boundary
- A thick forest with a hot, wet climate, and covers much of the land
- Rain Forest