Life 6, unit 3, lesson 3a

is a community that undergoes sudden and rapid population and economic growth.

• boomtown
• vacation town
• college town
• vacation resort

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

is an urban area where tourism or vacationing is the primary component of the local culture and economy.

• boomtown
• vacation town
• college town
• state capital

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

is a community that is dominated by its university population.

• boomtown
• vacation town
• college town
• vacation resort

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CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

is an abandoned village, town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters.

• ghost town
• shanty town
• industrial town
• state capital

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

a deprived area on the outskirts of a town consisting of large numbers of shanty dwellings.

• ghost town
• shanty town
• industrial town
• state capital

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CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

is a town or city in which the economy is centered around industry, with important factories or other production facilities in the town.

• ghost town
• shanty town
• industrial town
• state capital

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CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.3.3C

is a town or city close to the boundary between two countries, states, or regions.

• ghost town
• shanty town
• border town

• state capital

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CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

are maritime communities that serve as service, trading, entertainment, and transit hubs for vessels on the ocean.

• ports
• shanty town
• industrial town
• vacation resort

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CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

1. spreading out over a large area in an untidy or irregular way.

• sleepy

• run-down

• sprawling

• shanty

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

attractively unusual or old-fashioned.

• shanty

• deprived

• quaint

• sprawling

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4