4th Grade Social Studies Chapter 1

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Region

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an area with common features that set it apart from other areas

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Conservation

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the careful use of natural resources

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Continent

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one of earth's seven great bodies of land

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Economy

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the way people use resources to produce goods and services

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Natural Resource

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something found in nature that people can use

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glacier

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huge, slow moving sheets of ice

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landform

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natural formations of rock and dirt found on our earth

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Renewable Resource

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resources that can be replaced (trees, grass, farmland)

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Nonrenewable resource

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resources that cannot be replaced (oil, gas, iron)