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COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTS
NICA SOCIAL STUDIES
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3rd Grade
02/10/2009

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IN HAWAII, THE _______ IS WARM
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WEATHER
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LANDFORMS AND CLIMATE MAKE UP THE ______ OF A REGION
Definition
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
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A ______ IS A LARGE LAND AREA THAT HAS SPECIAL FEATURES
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REGION
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MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS ARE TWO TYPES OF _____
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LANDFORMS
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GAS IS A ______ THAT YOU CAN BURN TO PRODUCE ENERGY
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FUEL
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THE NATIVE INDIAN HOUSE WAS MADE WITH ____ BRICKS MADE OF EARTH, STRAW AND WATER
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ADOBE
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TREES AND SOIL COME FROM THE EARTH AND ARE CALLED
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NATURAL RESOURCES
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THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE LIVING THINGS IN IT MAKE UP AN ______
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ECOSYSTEM
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WHAT IS FOUND IN NATURE THAT CAN BE USED BY PEOPLE
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NATURAL RESOURCES
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WAYS PEOPLE HAVE CHANGED THEIR ENVIRONMENT ARE
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CUT DOWN TREES, BUILD HOUSES AND ROADS, PLANT CROPS
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FARMERS CHANGE THEIR ENVIRONMENT BY ____
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IRRIGATING, FERTILIZING,
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WHAT ARE THE FIVE REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES?
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SOUTHEAST, NORTHEAST, MIDWEST, SOUTHWEST, WEST
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CLIMATE AFFECTS LIFE BY
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CHANGING THE JOBS PEOPLE DO, THE CLOTHES THEY WEAR, THE FOOD THEY EAT, THE HOUSES THEY BUILD
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WHY CONSERVE NATIONAL RESOURCES?
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WE NEED TO USE LESS BECAUSE THEY NEED TO LAST A LONG TIME AND THE EARTH HAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF THEM
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WHY WOULD FARMERS WANT TO LIVE NEAR A RIVER
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THEY CAN MOVE THEIR CROPS BY BOAT
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NAME A PLACE IN THE WEST REGION AND WHAT CAN YOU DO THERE?
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BOZEMAN, MONTANA, NEAR RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS, YOU CAN HIKE, SKI, FISH, GO BOATING
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NAME A PLACE IN THE NORTHEAST US AND WHAT CAN YOU DO THERE
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BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT, CAPE COD, MASSACHUSSETS, AND STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT, WHERE THERE ARE HILLS AND FORESTS, MANY ANIMALS, HIKING, CHANGING SEASONS
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NAME A PLACE IN THE SOUTHEAST REGION AND SOME FEATURES
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CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, WHERE THERE ARE RIVERS, RICE FIELDS, SWAMPS AND OCEAN NEARBY
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NAME A PLACE IN THE MIDWEST REGION AND WHAT CAN YOU DO THERE
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OMAHA, NEBRASKA, WHERE YOU CAN BIKE, IT IS FLAT, NEAR THE MISSOURI RIVER, WILD ANIMALS IN THE HILLS
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NAME A PLACE IN THE SOUTHWEST REGION AND WHAT CAN YOU DO THERE
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TAOS, NEW MEXICO IS ON A PLATEAU, USCON, ARIZONA, WHERE YOU WILL SEE DESERTS, CANYONS, RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS. DRY CLIMATE, CACTUS, SNAKES, TOADS, HIKING, SOME COLD IN WINTER AND AT NIGHT TIME.
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TO ADAPT MEANS
Definition
CHANGE THE WAY YOU DO SOMETHING
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NAME A CITY IN ALASKA, AND TELL ABOUT THEIR CLIMATE
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BARROW, ALASKA HAS COLD TEMPERATURES AND A LOT OF SNOW AND WIND.
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HAWAII IS WEST OF THE UNITED STATES, IS AN _________
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ISLAND, WITH WARM CLIMATE, NEAR EQUATOR
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NAME INDIANS IN SOUTHWEST
Definition
ANASAZI INDIANS SETTLED IN THE SOUTHWEST, BUILD HOUSES IN THE CANYON WALLS, AND NOW THEY ARE CALLED PUEBLO INDIANS.
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NATURAL RESOURCES ATTRACT PEOPLE BECAUSE
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THEY CAN SELL, TRADE, USE THEM AND CITIES BEGIN WHERE THERE ARE RESOURCES
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THE GOLD RUSH WAS
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IN CALIFORNIA WHERE THE '49'ERS FOUND GOLD NUGGETS THAT GAVE THE STATE THE NAME GOLDEN STATE
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OIL IS A NATURAL RESOURCE PLENTIFUL IN
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BEAUMONT, TEXAS, WHERE THEY HAVE OIL FIELDS IN STEAD OF CROPS IN FIELDS
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CONSERVE MEANS
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USE CAREFULLY, AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE
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WE CAN PROTECT NATURAL RESOURCES BY CONSERVING AND BY
Definition
RECYCLING THINGS WE USE OVER AND OVER
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