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Social Studies Ch. 1
spanish
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Community | a group of people who live in the same place |
| Location | the place where they are found |
| Border | the line that shows where a state or nation ends |
| Cardinal directions | North, South, East, West on a compass Rose |
| Intermediate Directions | (In between directions) Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, and Southeast directions on a compass rose |
| Physical Features | land, water, climate, and plant life in a place (also known as geographical features) |
| Landforms | a feature that includes, mountain, a valley, a plain, or a hill |
| Plateau | a landform with steep sides and a flat top that rises high in the air |
| Mountain range | a large chain of mountains |
| Valley | a low land that lies between hills or mountains |
| Coastal Plain | a lowland plain that lies along a seacoast or an ocean |
| Climate | the weather that a place has over a long period of time |
| Desert | a hot, dry place |
| Region | an area with at least on feature that makes it different from others |
| Population | a number of people |
| Urban | a city |
| Suburban | smaller communities near cities |
| Rural | fields, woods, farms, and small towns |