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Topic 2
The geography and Native Peoples of Massachusetts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| physical features | the physical characteristics of an area (what it looks like) |
| region | an area of a country or world |
| geography | the study of Earth and the people, plants, and animals living in it |
| port | a place on the water where boats can dock |
| mountain range | a line of mountains connected by high ground |
| monadnock | a rocky hill or mountain standing alone |
| cape | a point of land that juts out into a large body of water |
| shoreline | a line where a body of water meets the land |
| bay | an inlet of the sea where the land curves inward |
| political map | a map used to show the boundaries of areas and the location of major cities |
| boundary | a dividing line separating areas |
| country | a nation with its own government |
| state [ | a political region within a country |
| capital | an important city within a state |
| reservations/ tribal territories | areas of land lived on and used by Native tribes |
| settlement | a place where people set up a colony |
| Native Americans | the people who lived in America for centuries before the Europeans arrived and who still live here today |
| New England States | Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine (6 states) |
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