EGYPTIAN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Elementary
Social Studies Department
Term 3 GRADE 3
Vocabulary
Name : ____________________ Class: ________________ Date:__________________
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Location
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the place where something is found
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Mountain range
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a large group of mountains
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Continents
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the seven largest land areas on Earth
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Globe
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a model of Earth
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Hemisphere
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half of the globe when it is divided
into either northern and southern halves or eastern and western halves
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Equator
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a line that circles the globe halfway
between the North Pole and the South Pole
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Map
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a picture that shows the location of
things
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Nation
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an area of land with its own people and
laws;
a country
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President
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the title given to a leader of some
countries
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Population
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the number of people living in an area
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Capital city
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a city in which the government leaders
meet and work
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Suburb
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a small community that is close to a
city
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Transportation
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the moving of people or things from one
place to another
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Rural
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away from cities or small towns
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History
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the story of what has happened in a
place
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Pioneer
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a person who helps settle a new land
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Ancestor
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someone in a person’s family, such as a
great-great-grandparent, who lived a long time ago
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Founder
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a person who starts something, such as a
business or a settlement
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Settlement
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a small village built by the first
people to live in a new place
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Timeline
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a drawing that shows when and in what
order events took place
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Sequence
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the order in which events take place
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Geography
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Is the study of Earth’s features
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Physical features
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something found in nature such as weather,
plant life, water, and land.
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Landform
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Physical features such as Valley, Mountains,
Plains and plateaus
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Valley
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are lowlands that lie between mountain
ranges
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Plateau
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Are landforms that have steep sides and a
flat top.
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Climate
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is the pattern of weather a place has over a
long period of time.
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Desert
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Are places with very dry climate.
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Growing season
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The time in which crops can grow.
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Minerals
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A natural resource such as iron and gold
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Human
Feature
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Something
people have built, such as a building, bridge, road, farm or mine.
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Crossroads
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A place where two roads cross
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Routes
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A path
between one place and another that makes movement of people and goods
possible.
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