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| history | the study of the past |
| political science | the study of the rules of government |
| economics | the study of how people and countries get and use money |
| drought | a long period without rain |
| primary source | documents from a certain period in time |
| geography | the study of land forms and bodies of water |
| artifacts | things from the past (jewelry, pottery, tools) |
| culture | the way of life including religion, government, language, food, clothing, shelter and jobs |
| archipellago | large group or chain of islands such as Hawaii |
| bay | an inlet of an ocean, sea or lake that extends into the land EX: Hudson Bay |
| canal | a man made channel filled with water; EX: Erie Canal, Panama Canal |
| cape | a narrow piece of land projecting into the sea; EX: Cape Cod |
| dam | a wall built across a river to hold back flowing water; EX: Hoover Dam |
| desert | a large area of land with little or no moisture or plant growth |
| gorge | a narrow passage between steep mountains or hills; |
| gulf | water bordering on and laying within a curved coastline; EX: Gulf of Mexico |
| harbor | a sheltered body of water where ships anchor and are protected from storms EX: Boston Harbor |
| island | land completely surrounded by water |
| lake | water completey surrounded by land |
| mountain range | chain of connecting mountains |
| ocean | any one of the four largest connecting bodies of salt water on the earth's surface |
| peninsula | a piece of land nearly surround by water and attached to a larger area of land or a mainland |
| plain | a large, level area of land |
| river | a large stream of water that drains an area of land and flows into another body of water |
| tributary | a stream or river that flows into another stream or river |
| archeologist | the people that dig for artifacts in order to understand how people lived in the past |
