Social Studies

 Vocabulary

 Living in the United States

The Regions of the United States

 

boundary 

a line or natural feature that divides one area from another


canyon 

a deep valley with steep rocky hills

 

capital resources

 the things people make in order to produce products


climate

the pattern of a place's weather over time


 desert

an area that gets very little rain


 elevation

how high a place is above sea level


  humidity

the amount of moisture in the air 


 plain

a large area of land, often with grass


plateau

 a large flat raised area of land

 

precipitation

the amount of rain or snow that falls


region

an area with similar characteristics


renewable resource

a resource that can be replaced


nonrenewable resource 

a resource that cannot be replaced


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