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Vocabulary wods
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| social studies | the study of people< their activities, and their institutions. |
| government | a group of people who have the power to make and enforce laws. |
| economics | the study of how people meet their wants and needs. |
| history | the study of the past. |
| human environment interaction | how people effect their environment and how their environment effects them. |
| region | an area with at least one unifying physical or human feature such as climate, landform, population, or history. |
| channel | a body of water that connects two larger bodies of water. |
| strait | a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water. |
| place | mix of human and nonhuman features at a given location. |
| latitude | lines run east & west and measure north and south of the equator. |
| longitude | lines run north & south and measure east and west of the prime meridian. |