Social Sciences Lessons 1 & 2 Vocabulary

low, flat land that runs along a coast

• region

• coastal plain

• basin

• plateau

an area that shares similar features

• inland

• basin

• region

• plateau

not bordering an ocean or a large body of water by an ocean

• inland

• coastal plain

• basin

• plateau

high, flat landform that rises steeply from the land around it

• basin

• region

• inland

• plateau

a bowl-shaped landform that is lower than the surrounding land

• coastal plain

• region

• plateau

• basin

the way people in a community use resources to meet their needs and wants

• geography

• history

• political science

• economy

the study of the natural and human features of Earth's surface and its climate and life-forms

• economy

• geography

• political science

• history

the study of the past

• history

• political science

• geography

• economy

the study of governments and how they work

• political science

• history

• economy

• geography

a diagram that shows the relationship between distances on a map and real distances on Earth

• map key

• scale

• lines of latitude

• lines of longitude