| A | B |
| ocean | largest body of water on earth |
| continent | largest body of land on earth |
| Lake Erie | Ohio's northern water border |
| Boardman | Our township |
| human characteristics | Features such as: roads, bridges, towns, parks... |
| Ohio River | Ohio's southern water border |
| physical characteristics | Features such as: mountains, lakes, rivers, oceans, deserts... |
| border | something that divides one place from another |
| cardinal directions | North,South, East, West |
| symbol | Something that stands for something else |
| key | A place to find the meaning for each symbol |
| geography | The study of land, water, people, animals and plants |
| chronological order | Arrange events in the order of the time they happened |
| scale | Shows distance on a map |
| primary source | Information that was created from the same time as an event or by a person |
| Great Lakes | Largest group of lakes in the world |
| North America | Our continent |
| United States of America | Our country |
| Ohio | The state we live in |
| secondary source | gets information from somewhere else or by a person not directly involved in an event |