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US Regions
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Social Studies
4th Grade
10/18/2011

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Urban
Definition
City
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Suburb
Definition
Town or small city built near a larger city
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Rural
Definition
Country
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Government
Definition
A system of deciding what is best for a group of people
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County
Definition
Part of a state that has it own government
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County Seat
Definition
The 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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Physical Region
Definition
A region based on physical features (i.e., mountains, trees, natural resources, etc.)
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Natural Vegetation
Definition
The plant life that grows naturally in an area
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Economy
Definition
The way people use resources to meet their needs
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Economic Region
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A region based on the way people use their resources
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Agriculture
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Farming
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Manufacturing
Definition
The making of products
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Industry
Definition
All the businesses taht make one kind of product or provide one kind of service
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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
A usual way of doing things
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Ethnic Group
Definition
A group made up of people from the same country, people of the same race, or people with a shared way of life
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Population
Definition
Number of people who live in a place
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Modify
Definition
Change
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Tourism
Definition
The selling of goods and services to people traveling for pleasure
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Trade
Definition
Buying and selling of goods
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Technology
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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
A region of dry, grassy plains in Asia
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Rain Forest
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A wet area, usually warm, in which tall trees, vines, and other plants grow close together
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Tradition
Definition
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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