Social Studies Unit 2

Geography

Vocabulary:

Bar graph- An illustration that uses bars to show and compare information

http://www.haelmedia.com/html/mc_m2_001.html

Capital- A city where the leaders of a country or state work.

Continents- The land on Earth.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/view/worldm.html

Quiz:

http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/worldquiz.html

Geography- The study of Earth, its people, plants ands animals.

Hill- A high area of land that is not as high as a mountain.

Island- Land completely surrounded by water.

Lake- A body of water (smaller than an ocean) that has land around it.

Landform maps- Maps that use different colors to show different kinds of land.

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/applications/imaps/maps/g2_u2/index.html

Landforms- The different shapes of land on earth.

http://www.franklin.ma.us/auto/schools/keller/2ndgrade/parker/landforms/default.htm

Landform Quiz:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/classroom/quiz/landforms.shtml

Mountain- The highest form of land.

Natural Resource- Things in nature ready for people to use.

Ocean- the largest body of water (always salt water).

Peninsula- A landform that has water on all sides but one.

Plain- A flat area of land.

Recycle- To use something again.

Respect- When you honor yourself and other people, places and things.

River- A single stream of water that flows into an ocean or a lake.

Season- One of the four times of year; spring, summer, fall or winter.

Valley-The low area between hills or mountains.

Concepts:

Maps, globes and photographs help us understand about Earth.

Using a map grid:

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/applications/imaps/maps/g2_u1/index.html#top

The United States of America is made up of 50 states.

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/united_states/united_states_pol02.jpg

Countries have neighbors. In North America Canada and Mexico are neighbors to The United States.

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/americas/north_america_ref_2007.jpg

The water in oceans has salt in it and is not good to drink.

Lakes can have either fresh or salt water.

Weather affects our lives.

The most important natural resources we have are air, water, sunlight and soil.

We need natural resources to breathe, drink, see and grow food.

People change Earth.

We need Earth to be our home now and in the future and we must be careful not to harm it.

People protect the earth by reusing resources.

We use natural resources to build things.

There are seven continents on Earth.

http://www.proteacher.com/cgi-bin/outsidesite.cgi?id=6622&external=http://www.hawaii.edu/hga/Lessons/mapmake/CONtinentS.html&original=http://www.proteacher.com/090029.shtml&title=Continents%20Song

Air, light, water and soil are natural resources that allow us to breathe, see, drink and grow food.

Lesson 1 Review

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Lesson 3 Review

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Quiz

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Lesson 4 Review

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Quiz

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Lesson 5 Review

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Lesson 5 Quiz

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Lesson 5 Review

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Lesson 6 Quiz