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Geography for Social Studies
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Social Studies
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03/28/2023

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Map

 

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A Picture of all or part of the earth's surface. Helps you find things like cities, rivers, mountains, oceans.
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North

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A direction for things located in the up direction

 

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South

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A direction for things located in the down direction.

 

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East

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A direction for things located in the right direction

 

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West

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A direction for things located in the left direction

 

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City

 

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Place where groups of people live and a government and borders define the space.

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State

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Boundaries around land that define a place where people live Bigger than a city

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Country

 

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Boundaries around land that define a place where people share culture.  Bigger than a State

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Continent

 

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There are 7 in the whole world. A solid and large land mass. Europe, Asia, South America, North America, Antarctica, Africa, and Australia. Biggest of all
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Globe

 

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A round map of the whole world

 

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Longitude

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Lines on a map that help you find anywhere on earth. Lines run north to south (top to bottom)
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Latitude

 

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Lines on a map that help you find anywhere on earth. Lines run east to west (right to left)
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Ocean

 

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A very large body of salt water. Five of them exist in the world - Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Southern, Arctic

 

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Culture

 

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Things people living in the same areas (city, State, Country) have in common. Food, Religion, Beliefs, Traditions, Art

 

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Equator

 

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Divides the world in 2 - upper and lower. Imaginary line right in the middle of the earth that goes the whole way around the earth. Has a latitude of 0

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