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A REGION is what?
an area with at least one feature that sets it apart from others
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What is another word for CITY?
URBAN
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What is a city or town called outside of a larger city?
SUBURB
Monmouth Beach is a suburb of NYC.
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What is another word for a country region?
RURAL
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A _____ is a system of decide what is best for a group of people.
GOVERNMENT
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A ____ is a part of a state that has its own government?
COUNTY
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The town or city that is the center of government for a county is called the _____ _______.
COUNTY SEAT
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The _______ is the way of life, or how people earn a living in a region.
CULTURE
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_______ ________ is the plant life that grows naturally in an area.
Natural Vegetation
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The way people use resources to meet their needs is called the __________.
ECONOMY
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People use the land for farming also called ________.
AGRICULTURE
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The making of products is called _____________.
MANUFACTURING
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All of the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service is called an _________.
INDUSTRY
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Industries in which workers are paid to do things for other people are called ___________ industries.
SERVICE
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A ________ is a usual way of doing things.
CUSTOM
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An _____________ group is a group made up of people from the same country, people of the same race, or people with a shared way of life.
ETHNIC
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__________ is the number of people who live in a place.
POPULATION
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Another way to say "to change".
MODIFY
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The selling of goods and services to people traveling for pleasure is called ___________.
TOURISM
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Depending on one another for resources and products is called ___________.
Interdependence
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The buying and selling of goods is called ______.
TRADE
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The way people use new ideas to make tools and machines is called __________.
TECHNOLOGY
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What is a TUNDRA?
a large, treeless plain
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What is a STEPPES?
A large region of dry, grassy plains (in Siberia)
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What is a RAIN FOREST?
a wet area, usually warm, in which tall trees, vines and other plants grow close together
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_______ is a way of life, a set of customs, or a believf that has come from the past and continues today.
HERITAGE
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What is TRADITION?
A way of life or an idea that has been handed down from the past.
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Another word for MONEY.
CURRENCY
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Which of the following is NOT a political region?
state
county
neighborhood
city
NEIGHBORHOOD
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What is generally larger, a county or a state?
STATE
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What are some of the things cultural regions can be based on?
- language
- heritage
- traditions
- religions
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