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5th Grade Geography
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5th Grade
08/19/2015

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Segregation
Definition
the practice of separating out by race, religion or other group from others.
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Civil Rights
Definition
rights that guarantee freedom and equality to everyone.
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Equality
Definition
being equal in rights and privileges.
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Protest
Definition
making public your dislike or disapproval of something .
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Tolerance
Definition
a fair, objective and accepting attitude toward those who are different from you.
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Demonstration
Definition
publicly expressing support or protest
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Activist
Definition
A person who is doing something to create change.
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Boycott
Definition
refusing to deal with or buy from a person, business or organization.
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Integration
Definition
to bring people together across different groups, such as race and religion .
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Martyr
Definition
a person who is put to death or suffers greatly on behalf of a belief or cause.
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Slavery
Definition
the act of a person forcibly making another person their property to do labor.
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Plantation
Definition
a large area of land owned by wealthy person where crops were grown with the labor of slaves.
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Overseer
Definition
a person put in charge of slaves by a plantation owner.
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Emancipation
Definition
the act of freeing someone from slavery.
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Underground Railroad
Definition
a network of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves in the United States to escape slavery by going to free states or Canada.
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Loyalist
Definition
a person who supported the English Government during the Revolutionary war period
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Patriot
Definition
a person who supported the independence of the colonies from Britain during the revolutionary war period.
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neutralist
Definition
a person that did not take sides during the Revolutionary War period.
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Stamp Act
Definition
An act that required colonist to pat a tax on all printed papers.
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Parliament
Definition
The legislative (law-making) group of people in a country such as England.
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Economics
Definition
The study of how people make choices about ways to use scarce resources to fulfill their wants and needs
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Consumer
Definition
Any person or group that buys or uses goods and services to satisfy personal needs and wants.
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Producer
Definition
A person who makes goods or provides a service.
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Specialization
Definition
A situation in which a person or group of people focus on a particular good or service. In return the person or group of people become more productive.
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Service
Definition
The action of doing work for someone to fulfill a want or need in exchange for money.
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Scarcity
Definition
A problem that occurs when a resource becomes limited to a point where the demand is higher than the supply
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Limited Resource
Definition
Resources that are in limited supply creating a limited amount of production
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Human Resource
Definition
People that are needed to work for a company or organization.
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Capital Resource
Definition
Goods or tools used to produce other goods and services.
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Something that is given up when an economic choice is made.
Definition
Something that is given up when an economic choice is made.
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Globe
Definition
The most accurate map of the world.
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Latitude
Definition
A imaginary line or parallel measuring distance north or south of the equater (measured in degrees).
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Longitude
Definition
An imaginary line or meridian measuring distance east or west of the prime meridian (measured in degrees).
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Physical Map
Definition
A map that highlights Earth's natural features.
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Political Map
Definition
A map that shows the boundaries of states and countries.
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Compass Rose
Definition
A symbol that tells directions such as north, south, east, and west.
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Relative location
Definition
The location of a place in comparison to what it is near.
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absolute location
Definition
The location of a place on the earth's surface (latitude and longitude measurement address and grid location).
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landforms
Definition
Mountains Valleys plain plateau.
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Region
Definition
a large area with common features, such as a product map, climate map, population map, rainfall map.
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Barrier
Definition
something that hinders.
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Settle
Definition
To establish residence.
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Compass Rose
Definition
A symbol that shows cardinal and intermediate directions on a Map.
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Latitude
Definition
An imaginary line called a parallel that tuns east to west on a map or globe.
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Longitude
Definition
An imaginary line called a meridian that runs north and south on a map or globe.
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Absolute Location
Definition
The unique location of a place on the Earth's surface.
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Relative Location
Definition
The Location of a place in comparison to what it is near.
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Compass Rose
Definition
A symbol that shows cardinal and intermediate directions on a Map.
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Latitude
Definition
An imaginary line called a parallel that tuns east to west on a map or globe.
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Longitude
Definition
An imaginary line called a meridian that runs north and south on a map or globe.
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Absolute Location
Definition
The unique location of a place on the Earth's surface.
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Relative Location
Definition
The Location of a place in comparison to what it is near.
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Equator
Definition
The main line of latitude that divides the world into the northern and southern hemispheres.
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Prime Meridian
Definition
Prime Meridian- The main line of longitude that divides the world into eastern and western hemispheres.
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Peninsula
Definition
A landform that is surrounded on three sides by water.
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Promote Human Settlement
Definition
Geographical features such as climate and resources that make living in an area favorable for humans.
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Barrier to Human Settlement
Definition
Geographical features of an area such as climate and resources that make living in an area unfavorable to humans.
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Physical Map
Definition
A map that shows the physical features of the Earth’s surface.
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Political Map
Definition
A map that shows where the boundaries of countries, states, and counties begin and end.
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Map Key
Definition
A small section of a map that tells what the symbols on the map mean often referred to as a legend.
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Hemisphere
Definition
One half of the Earth’s surface divided by the equator or prime meridian.
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Technology
Definition
The design and use of tools, ideas, and methods to solve problems.
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