Earth: Our Home

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Earth Our Home

• Second Grade Social Studies

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Vocabulary

• map
• state
• country
• symbol
• compass rose

• continent
• ocean
• landform
• natural resource

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map

• A drawing of a place.

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state

• Part of a country. There are 50 states that make
  up the United States.

Tennessee is a state.
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country

• A land and the people who live there. Many
  states make up a country.

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symbol

• Something that stands for something else.

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compass rose

• Shows direction on a map.

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continent

• A very large body of land. There are seven
  continents on earth.

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ocean

• A very large body of salt water. There are four
  oceans on the earth.

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landform

• A kind of landform such as a plain, hill, or
  mountain.

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natural resource

• Something in nature that people use.