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3rd fall semester
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| festival | a celebration |
| tsunami | A big wave of water that can harm a city usually created by an underwater volcano |
| compass rose | is an tool found on maps that can help you find directions (north, east, south, west) |
| natural disasters (examples) | tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunami, floods, wildfires, earthquakes, |
| natural disasters | a disaster created by nautre |
| natural resoucres | (Oil, water, tree, animals, plants, coal) that nature creates |
| Benjamin Bannker | Wrote a letter to Presentdent Lincoln about slavery |
| Daniel Boone | a pioneer and frontiers man who was capurted by indians |
| envioronment | place were things live |
| founding father | Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington |
| landform | The shapes the create how the earth's surface looks like.(ocean, lake) |
| columbus/3 ships | He found america and his 3 ships were nina,pinta,And santa maria |
| current event | some thing happening in the present(now) |
| rule of law | the law that says no one is above the law |
| constitution | states the basic laws and freedom of an american citizen |
| culture | a way of life shared by a group of people collectively. |
| pennisula | land surronded by water on ONLY 3 sides |
| ocean | big body of salt water, cover 3/4 of the earth |
| fault line | is were a earth quake can occur |
| Century | a hundred years |
| timeline | is when you put date in order along a line |
| Legend or key | is found on a map that helps you understand the symbols on a map |
| Map scale | is a measurement tool found on a map that will help you find distance |
| Daniel Boone | |
| Climate | the pattern of weather over a lond peroid of time. |