| A | B |
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| George Washington | The father of our country |
| Washington D.C. | Our national capital |
| North America | The continent we live on |
| Ocean | A large body of salt water that covers much of the earth's surface. |
| Hogan | House |
| Teepee | The kind of house Indians live in. |
| Log House | The kind of house pilgrims live in. |
| Equator | An imaginary line that runs east and west around the middle of the earth. |
| Sphere | the shape of the earth |
| Factory | A building where goods are manufactured. |
| Citizen | A person who is a member of a community. |
| immigrant | A person who comes from another country to live in a new land. |
| Consumer | A person who buys and uses goods or services. |
| Custom | The special way a group of people does something. |
| Foreign Country | Any country other than your own. |
| human resources | People whose work and skills are used by a community. |
| natural resources | Things we use from nature such as air, soil, plants, and animals. |
| pilgrim | A person who makes a trip, often for religious reasons. |
| pioneer | a person who is the first to settle in a place. |
| prairie | Flat or rolling land that was once covered with tall grass. |
| suburbs | Smaller communities that surround a city. |
| symbol | A small drawing that stands for something real. |
| tax | Money that people must give to a government to pay for community needs. For example: libraries, parks, roads, schools. |
| volunteer | A person who works without pay. |
| water pollution | Dirtying of water by chemicals and waste materials. |
| air pollution | Unclean, unsafe air. |
| wilderness | unsettled land |
| retire | stop working at a job after a certain age. |
| harbor | Sheltered place where ships land. |
| states that border Kentucky | Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, and Missouri |
| North | The part of the United States most likely to have cold weather. |
| Erosion | The scientific name given o the gradual 'wearing away" of land. |
| Mayor | head of our local government |
| Governor | head of our state government |
| President | head of our national government |
| Purpose of our government | To make laws to protect our rights and make us safe. |
| Reduce, re-use and recycle | ways we can help save our planet |
| aluminum/steel cans, paper, cardboard, glass. | items that can be recycled. |
| Services our taxes pay for | Fire and Police Departments, road repairs, trash collection, recycling, library programs |
| Responsibility | duty |
