| A | B |
|---|
| climate | an area's weather over a long period of time |
| migration | movement from one area to another |
| legend | key to a map |
| atlas | a resource containing a collection of maps |
| hemisphere | area that represents half of the earth |
| continent | a large area of land; the earth has 7 |
| geographic feature | landforms and general features that make an area unique |
| latitude | lines that measure distances north and south of the equator |
| longitude | lines that measure distances east and west of the prime meridian |
| equator | imaginary line that runs around the center of the earth separating the northern and southern hemispheres |
| chronological order | the order in which events occur |
| abolitionist | person who was against slavery |
| Harriet Tubman | former slave who led many slaves to freedom and lived in Auburn |
| Underground Railroad | series of safe houses used by runaway slaves to reach Canada and freedom |
| population density | shows the average number of people living in an area revealing patterns of settlement |
| migration | movement from one area to another |
| Erie Canal | allowed goods to be shipped from the Great Lakes to NYC completely by water |
| DBQ | document based question with involves using documents to complete a task (essay) |
| constructed response | using a piece of data to complete short answer questions |
| data | drawings, graphs, pictures, timelines, reading selections, political cartoons, maps |
