6th SS Geographic Terms and Archeology Corporate Landing MS
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grimezkidz Plus on May 9, 2012
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6th Grade Need to Know facts for Corporate Landing Middle School in Virginia Beach Virginia
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14 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Lake | body of water surrounded by land; usually fresh water |
| River | a large natural stream of water |
| Tributary | a branch of water that flows into a larger stream |
| Bay | an area of an ocean, sea, or lake that is partly enclosed by land |
| Gulf | an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay |
| Mountain | a large mass of earth and rock rising above the adjacent land |
| Hill | a hap, pile, or mound that is smaller than a mountain |
| Plain | extensive flat area of land |
| Plateau | relatively flat highland |
| Island | land mass entirely surrounded by water |
| Peninsula | land surrounded by water on three sides |
| Archeologist | a person who studies human behavior and culture by finding and studying artifacts |
| Cactus Hill | one of the oldest archeological sites found in the US - on the Nottoway River in southeastern Virginia - humans lived here 18,000 years ago |
| Scientists (do or do not) agree about when and how people came to the western hemisphere | do not |
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