| A | B |
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| Street: | 350 Sterling Terrace |
| City | Yorktown Heights |
| County | Westchester |
| State | New York |
| Country | United States of America |
| Continent | North America |
| Planet | earth |
| Urban Area | communities in the city |
| Suburban area | just outside the city limits |
| Rural Area | the country or the countryside |
| Compass Rose | the symbol that shows directions on a map |
| Candidate | are the people who want to be government leaders. They are the people that citizens vote for in an elections |
| Plain | a large, flat area of land on earth's surface |
| Map key | shows what a symbol on a map means |
| Map | is a picture that shows where things are |
| Political map | shows the outlines of states and countries. It shows where cities, towns, states, and countries are |
| Physical map | uses color to show what the lands looks like. It shows forests, lakes, rivers, areas covered in ice, deserts, and other landforms |
| Plateau | A high area of land with a flat top |
| History | something that happened in the past |
| Equator | 0° latitude- is it the middle of the globe and this is the equator. It separates the northern hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere |
| Hemisphere: | The group is divided into two halve's. These halve's are called hemispheres. The equator divides the globe between the top and the bottom. The top half is the northern hemisphere. The bottom half is the southern hemisphere. |
| Globe | The globe is divided into the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere by the equator which runs through the middle across the globe. The prime meridian goes from north to south and divides the western hemisphere and the eastern hemisphere so that it has a left half and a right half |
| On a map, what does a star represent? | A capitol city |
| What building does Congress meet in? | The Capitol building |
| What document said that the colonies were free from Britain? | Declaration of independence |
| What document created the government of the USA? | The constitution |
| What is the capital of New York? | Albany |
| What is the capital of the USA? | Washington DC |
| What is the largest state in the USA? | Alaska |
| What is the job of the US Congress? | To make laws |
| Executive branch: | president enforces laws and directs the Armed Forces |
| Legislative branch: | Congress makes laws and sets taxes |
| Judicial branch: | judges decide what laws mean - interpret laws |
