Unit 1 Social Studies Vocabulary

A natural resource found in nature that is not a plant or animal.

• levee

• mineral

• environment

• urban

an area of flat land that is higher than the land around it

• recycle

• dam

• plain

• plateau

a city where a country or state has its government

• recycle

• capital

• dam

• suburb

A community near a city

• suburb

• urban

• rural

• community

the air, water, land, and other things around it

• environment

• region

• natural resource

• adapt

to change the way you live

• reservoir

• region

• recycle

• adapt

the study of Earth and the people and animals that live on it

• region

• Geography

• ecosystem

• rural

to travel to and from work

• mineral

• commute

• transportation

• levee

a place where people live, work, play, and help each other

• environment

• Geography

• community

• ecosystem

flat land

• plains

• plateau

• Geography

• dam