4th Grade Social Studies (Ohio) - Chapter 1 Vocabulary

Earth's seven great bodies of land.

• North America

• continents

• region

• boundary

Half of a sphere. Earth is divided into four of these...

• resources

• regions

• environments

• hemispheres

Where one place is located compared to another place, or places.

• relative location

• absolute location

• regional location

• GPS

An area with common features that set it apart from other areas.

• country

• region

• boundary

• culture

The surroundings in which people, plants, and animals live.

• region

• natural resource

• environment

• minerals

Things that are found in nature that people can use.

• environments

• regions

• continents

• natural resources

A border that shows where one place ends and another one begins.

• boundary

• environment

• region

• natural resource

Features created by nature, such as mountains, river, valleys, and plains.

• physical characteristics

• human characteristics

• Martian characteristics

• natural resources

Features made by people, such as cities, bridges, dams, and roads.

• physical characteristic

• human characteristic

• environment

• region

What tool is pictured?

• map

• hammer

• compass rose

• automobile