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The environment.
What is made up of the air, water, land, and living things? (p.44)
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Geography can help us understand why people in different places have the kinds of homes and wear the kinds of clothes they do.
Why is it important to learn about geography? (p.31)
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The wild animals that live in an area.
What is wildlife? (p.54)
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A star
What is shown on a map to point out the capitol? (p.53)
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To make paper, to build homes, to make a fire, etc.
What is one way the natural resource, trees are used for?
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Landforms
What are mountains, plateaus, and plains examples of?(p.32)
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Dry, wet, hot, cold, rainy, snowy, windy, calm
What are some different climates in the United States? (p.35)
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To use something over again rather than throwing it away in the garbage.
What does it mean to recycle? (p.44)
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Directions. North, East, South, West.
What does a compass rose show? (p.39)
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It helps them prepare for the storm, or leave the community if they need to.
Why does it help people to be warned in advance about bad weather that is coming?
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Natural Resources
What is something found in water, forests, and minerals that people use? (p.41)
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Renewable resources can be replaced; nonrenewable resources cannot be replaced.
What is the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources? (p.42)
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MInerals
What are things found in the earth that are not plants or animals? (p.41)
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The key shows the what the different types of landforms are based on color.
On a landform map, what does the map key show? (p. 39)
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Different colors, or designs.
How are different landforms shown on a map?
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A large, flat landform that rises above the land around it.
What is a plateau? (p.32)
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A peninsula is land that has water on three sides. An island is land completely surrounded by water on all sides.
How is a peninsula different from an island? (p.53)
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To become used to something. Ex: People who live in cold climates are used to wearing warmer clothing.
What does it mean to adapt? (p.34)
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Atlantic and Pacific Ocean
What two oceans border the United States? (p.38)
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Suburban
Do we live in an urban or suburban community? (p.22-23)
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Land that has water on three sides. Ex: Florida
What is a peninsula? (p. 53)
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The wildlife helps most of the people of Ine make a living. They fish and take visitors on tours.
How is the wildlife of Ine important to the people who live there? (p.55)
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It describes what a place's weather is like over a long period of time.
What is climate? (p.34)
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What area is being shown on the map.
What does the map title tell you? (p.39)
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They have fishing jobs.
How do the people of Ine, Japan use resources around them?
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