Unit 1 Vocabulary Social Studies

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Region

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Large area with common features

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Glacier

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A huge area of ice that covers land and moves slowly

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Plateau

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A high flat area raised above surrounding land

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Natural Resource

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A material in the environment that people can use

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Renewable Resource

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A resource that can be replaced after it is used.

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Nonrenewable Resource

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A resource that cannot be replaced once it is used

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Flow Resource

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A resource that comes back without human help (water, wind, sun)

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Prehistoric

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Before the time when people wrote

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Migrate

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To move to a new place to live

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Archeologist

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A person who uses artifact to study the way of life of people long ago