Location
A place where something is found
Mountain Range
A large group of mountains
Continents
The largest land areas on Earth
Globe
is a model of the planet Earth
Hemisphere
Half of the globe
Equator
An imaginary line that is halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole
Map
A picture that shows the location of things
Nation
(or Country) is an area of land with its own people and laws
Border
Is a line on a map that shows where a state or nation ends
Cardinal Directions
North, South, East, and West
How many continents does Earth have?
7 continents
What are the names of Earth's continents?
Africa, Asia, Australia, Antartica, Europe, North America, South America
How many oceans does Earth have?
4 oceans (Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic)
A good way to describe the location of a place is by saying what?
What body of water or kind of land it is near.
What are two ways to divide a globe in half?
Cutting it along the equator and between the North and South Pole.
The leader of the United States is...
president.
The leader of the United States is...
president.
A city in which government leaders meet and work is?
Capital City
A small community that is close to a city is?
Suburb
What kind of area is in the countryside, away from cities and large towns?
Rural area
A city needs more ______ and _____ than a smaller community because there are more people who live there.
Schools and businesses
Where do the leaders of our countries government meet?
Washington, D.C.
A suburb is often ______ than towns in rural areas.
Larger
What is a pioneer?
A person who helps settle a new land.
What is an ancestor?
Someone in a person's family who lived long ago.
What is a founder?
Someone who started a settlement.
What is a settlement?
A new community
Time line
a drawing that shows when and in what order events took place
Sequence
Time order, moving from left to right
History
The story of what happened in a place.