1. Ch. 1 Vocabulary Social Studies

2. Halves of the globe, either divided by the prime meridian or equator

3. hemisphere Virginia is in the Western Hemisphere and the Northern Hemisphere.

4. One of the seven large land masses on Earth

5. continent The United States is a part of the North American Continent.

6. land that is almost surrounded by water but is connected to the mainland

7. peninsula

8. a material found in nature that people can use

9. Natural resource

10. A mined natural resource

11. mineral

12. type of weather long period the type of weather an area has over a long period of time

13. climate

14. not too hotnot too cold a climate in which the seasons are not too hot or not too cold

15. temperate

16. Naturalhome Natural home of a particular animal, insect or plant

17. habitat

18. Inlet of the Atlantic Ocean partly enclosed by Maryland and Virginia

19. Chesapeake Bay

20. A peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern side of the Chesapeake Bay

21. Eastern Shore

22. Capital of the United States

23. Washington, D.C. Washington Memorial Capital Building White House Jefferson MemorialLincoln Memorial

24. highest point in Virginia

25. Mt. Rogers

26. Large wetland in SE Virginia

27. Great Dismal Swamp