Social Studies Alive Grade 4 Chapter 2
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juliebible on September 24, 2009
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Chapter 2 Vocabulary for the 4th Grade Social Studies Alive book
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 inland | an area of land that does not border an ocean |
| scale | a diagram that explains distances on a map |
| economist | a social scientist who studies the economy of the community |
| historian | a social scientist who studies the past |
| geographer | a social scientist who studies the natural and constructed features of the Earth's surface |
| political scientist | a social scienties who studies government |
| basin | a bowl-shaped land form that is lower than the surrounding land |
| global grid | the grid formed by crisscrossing lines of latitude and longitude on a map |
| plateau | a high, flat landform that rises steeply from the land around it |
| coastal plain | low, flat land that runs along a coast |
| map key | an explanation of what the symbols on a map stand for |
| lines of longitude | imaginary lines around the globe that run between the North and South Poles; also called meridians |
| lines of latitude | imaginary lines around the globe that run east and west; also called parallels |
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