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Soc St. Ch 2
Definitions for ch 2 key words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| government | a system of making and carrying out rules and laws |
| population | the people living in an area |
| religion | a system of faith or worship |
| boundary | the edge of a region |
| urban | in a city |
| suburban | in a smaller town near a city |
| rural | in a county area with few people |
| economy | the way the people of an area choose to use the area’s resources |
| agriculture | the business of farming |
| latitude | distance north or south of the equator, measured by lines that circle the globe parallel to the equator |
| parallels | lines of latitude that run east and west and measure distances north and south of the equator |
| longitude | distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured by the lines that run between the North and South poles |
| meridian | lines of longitude that run north and south and measure distances east and west of the prime meridian |
| precipitation | water that falls to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail |
| climate | the usual weather conditions in an area over a long period of time |
| temperature | a measure of how hot or cold the air is |
| elevation | the height of the land |
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