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Social Studies Sol Review
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History
6th Grade
06/01/2009

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14th Amendment
Definition
Grants Citizenship to all persons born in the United States and guarentees them equal protection under the law
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Latitude
Definition
imaginary lines that go north and south around the earth
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John Locke's Principles of Government
Definition

-everyone had a natural right to defend his “life, health, liberty, or possessions.”

-Locke also advocated governmental separation of powers and believed that revolution is not only a right but an obligation in some circumstances. These ideas would come to have profound influence on the Constitution of the United States and its Declaration of Independence.

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Unalienable Rights
Definition
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
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Longitude
Definition
measurement of distance in degrees east and west of the prime meridian
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Atlantic Ocean
Definition
served as the highway for explorers, early settlers, and later immagrants
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Ohio River
Definition
served as the gateway to the west
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Mississippi and Missouri Rivers
Definition
transportation arteries for farm and indutrial products
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Columbia River
Definition
explored by Louis and Clark
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Colorado River
Definition
explored by the Spanish
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Rio Grande River
Definition
forms the border with the United States and Mexico
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Pacific Ocean
Definition
an early exploration route
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Gulf of Mexico
Definition
provided French and Spanish with exploration routes to Mexico and other parts of the Americas
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Coastal Plain
Definition
Located along Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
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Appalachian Highlands
Definition
Located West of the Coastal Plains
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Canadian Shield
Definition
Wrapped around Hudson Bay like a horseshoe
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Interior Lowlands
Definition
Located West of the Appalachian Mts. and East of the Great Plains
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Great Plains
Definition
Located West of the Interior Lowlands and East of the Rocky Mts.
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Rocky Mts.
Definition
Located West of the Great Plains and East of the Basin and Range
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Basin and Range
Definition
Located West of the Rocky Mts.
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Coastal Range
Definition
Rugged Mts. along the Pacific Coast that stretch from Claifornia to Canada
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Pueblo
Definition

Region-Southwest

Climate-Hot

Houses-Adobe

Houses Made Of-Clay/Straw

Term
Iroquois
Definition

Region-NorthEast

Climate-Cool

Houses-Wigwams

Houses Made Of-twigs/wood

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Kwakiutl
Definition

Region-NorthWest

Climate-Rainy

Houses-Appartment Bldgs.

Houses Made Of-Wood

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Sioux
Definition

Region-North

Climate-Cool

Houses-Teepees

Houses Made Of-Buffalo Skin

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Inuit
Definition

Region-North

Climate-Cold

Houses-Igloos/Icebergs

Houses Made Of-Ice

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