What is a territory? What is Thanksgiving like there?
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Look at the map. California is on the right side. Do you see the islands? They are thousands of miles away. They are territories of the United States. A territory is land that belongs to a country. People who live in a territory obey the same laws as in the United States. The United States keeps the territories safe.
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