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Social Studies vocab
CCE/Charbon
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History
4th Grade
02/25/2009

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agriculture
Definition
the business of growing crops and raising livestock
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altitude
Definition
the height above sea level
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ancestors
Definition
a person or group of people from whom someone descends
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boundary
Definition
a line that separates one place from another
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continent
Definition
one of the seven large land areas on Earth
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currency
Definition
the money used for buying and selling things
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descendant
Definition
a person born of a certain family or group
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economy
Definition
the making and transportation of goods and services
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elevation
Definition
the height of something
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export
Definition
to send goods to another country
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federal
Definition
having to do with the national government
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foreign
Definition
from another country
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import
Definition
to bring in goods from another country
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industry
Definition
the making or selling of a product or service
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international
Definition
involving two or more countries
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landform
Definition
a feature of the earth's surface formed by nature
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latitude
Definition
the position of a place measured in degrees north or south of the equator
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longitude
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the position of a place measured in degrees east of west of the prime meridian
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manufacture
Definition
to make something by using machinery
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map scale
Definition
a bar used to compare distances on a map to actual distances
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Prime Meridian
Definition
an imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole
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region
Definition
an area of land whose parts have one or more things in common
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rural
Definition
to do with the countryside or farming
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territory
Definition
land ruled by a nation or state
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urban
Definition
to do with living in the city
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