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| route | a path from one place to another |
| crossroads | a place where two routes cross |
| ferry | a boat that carries people and goods across a waterway |
| ford | a shallow place in a waterway that can be crossed by walking, riding or driving |
| lesson 4 | lesson 4 |
| riverbank | the land beside a river |
| branch | a smaller river that flows into a larger one |
| gateway | an entrance |
| manufacture | to make goods |
| intermediate directions | the directions that are midway between two cardinal directions-northeast, southeast, southwest, northwest |
| lesson 5 | lesson 5 |
| crops | plants used by people for food or other needs |
| natural resources | something found in nature that is useful to people |
| growing season | the months in which crops grow |
| mineral | a resource, such as gold, that is found inside the Earth |
| fuels | a resource, such as oil, that can be burned for heat or energy |
| ghost towns | a town with buildings but no people |
| agriculture | the raising of crops and farm animals |
| Lesson 6 | Lesson 6 |
| capital city | where the leaders of a country or state meet and work |
| capital | the building where lawmakers meet |
| state capital | a place where lawmakers meet to make laws for a state |
| county | a part of a state |
| county seat | a city or town where the leaders of a county meet |
| borders | lines that are drawn on a map to show where one state or country ends and another begins |
| boundary | another word of border |
| Lesson 7 | Lesson 7 |
| rain forest | a thick forest that has a wet climate |
