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Chapter 2
Looking at Regions
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Geography
4th Grade
10/26/2010

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Region

Definition

is an area

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County

Definition
a part of a state that has its own government
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Urban

Definition
a city region
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Suburb

Definition
a town or small city
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Rural

Definition
courntry region
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Government

Definition
a system of deciding what is best for a group of people
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County seat

Definition
a town or city that is the center of government for a county
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Culture

Definition

way of life

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Natural Vegetation

Definition

the plant life that grows in an area

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Economy

Definition

the way people use resources to meet their needs

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Agriculture

Definition
farming
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Manufacturing

Definition
the making of products
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Industry

Definition
is all of the businesses that make one kind of product
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Service Industries

Definition
industries in which workers are paid to do things for other people
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Custom

Definition
is a usual way of doing things
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Population

Definition
the number of people who live in a place
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Modify

Definition
change
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Tourism

Definition
is the selling of goods and services to people traveling for pleasure
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Interdependence

Definition
depending on one another for resources and products
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Trade

Definition
the buying and selling of goods
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Technology

Definition
the way people use new ideas to make tools and machines
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Tundra

Definition
large, treeless plain
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Steppes

Definition
region of dry, grassy plains
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Rain Forest

Definition
a wet area, usually warm, in which tall trees, vines, and other plants grow close together
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Heritage

Definition
a way of life, a set of customs, or a belief that has come from the past and continues today
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Tradition

Definition
is a way of life or an idea that has been handed down from the past
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Currency

Definition
money
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