Social Studies Vocabulary

What is this a picture of?

• Key

• Map

• Location

• Store

Location means.....

• "x" marks the spot

• a pirate map

• where a place is found

• how to get to my house

What is a landform?

• a nature feature of a land surface

• a nature feature in space

• a way to get around

• a man-made feature of a surface

What is a map?

• "x" marks the spot

• a drawing of my house

• where the pirate hides his treasure

• a drawing that shows what a place looks like from above

Transportation is ...

• how we fly in the air

• a way to move people or goods from one place to another

• driving the car really fast

• how we get to school

What is a human characteristic?

• something made by nature

• something made by humans

• how far to get to a place

• on the water

Four ways to show directions on a map

• north, west, down there, to the side

• down under, in between,

• on the water, in the park

• north, south, east, west

What is this a picture of?

• hills

• mountains

• ocean

• valley

What is this a picture of?

• mountain

• valley

• river

• volcano

What is this a picture of?

• island

• valley

• river

• mountain