| A | B |
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| elevation | height of the land above sea level |
| sea level | the position on land where it meets the calm sea Zero feet or meters |
| United States of America | the country you live in |
| Massachusetts | the state you live in |
| Boston | the state capital of Massachusetts |
| north | the direction one must travel to get from Boston to Saugus |
| south | travel this direction to get to Boston from Saugus |
| Olympia | state capital of Washington |
| North America | the continent you live on |
| Lincoln | the state capital of Nebraska |
| Ottawa | the national capital of Canada |
| Washington D.C. | the national capital of the US |
| Reykjavik | national capital of Iceland |
| Stockholm | national capital of Sweden |
| London | national capital of United Kingdom |
| Mexico City | national capital of Mexico |
| North America | continent borders Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic |
| South America | Central America is to the north of this continent |
| Europe | continent borders Arctic and Atlantic |
| Asia | continent spans two hemispheres: north and south |
| compass rose | a symbol that shows direction on a map |
| cardinal | main directions |
| intermediate | directions in between the main directions |
| reference point | your starting point |
| destination | it's where you want to go |
| scale | a tool that represents short distances so that you can estimate actual distances on the earth's surface |
| sphere | a ball-shape, like the earth's shape |
| hemisphere | half of the earth's surface |
| North Pole | the northernmost point on the earth's surface |
| South Pole | 90 degrees south latitude |
| Equator | 0 degrees latitude |
| Prime Meridian | 0 degrees longitude |
| international date line | 180 degrees longitude |
| parallel | another name for a latitude line |
| meridian | another name for a longitude line |
| east-west line | a latitude line |
| north-south line | a longitude line |
| legend | a tool that explains the purpose of a map and the lines, symbols, and colors used on a map |
| boundary | border; a line that separates two or more areas |
| state boundary | a line that separates two or more states |
| international boundary | a line that separates two or more nations (countries) |
| continental boundary | a line that separates two or more continents |
| coastline | where land meets the sea |
| continent | one of the largest land masses on the earth's surface |
| ocean | one of the largest bodies of water on the earth's surface |
| landform | land shape, like a plateau or mountain |
| Atlantic Coastal Plain | you live on this landform |
| Appalachian Mountains | the Berkshire Mountains of western Mass are part of this mountain range |
| Rocy Mountains | the highest and longest mountain range in the USA |
| Gulf Coastal Plain | land along the Gulf of Mexico |
| hemi | this root word means "half" |
| plain | mostly low, flat land, sometimes with rolling hills |
| plateau | high flat land, sometimes as low as 300 feet or it can be thousands of feet high |
| Great Plains | the highest elevated plains in the USA |
| Central Lowlands | Plains to the west of the Allegheny and Cumberland Plateaus |
| Colorado Plateau | high flat land in southwestern USA |
