VOCABULARY
LATITUDE/LONGITUDE
TRADE
MAPS & MORE
MISCELLANEOUS
100
LINES ON MAPS AND GLOBES THAT MEASURE DISTANCE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR
What is LATITUDE?
100
PARALLELS
What is ANOTHER NAME FOR LINES OF LATITUDE?
100
COUNTRIES DO THIS IF THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES WITHIN THEIR OWN COUNTRY TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.
What is TRADE WITH OTHER NATIONS?
100
TYPES OF MAPS THAT SHOW COUNTRY BORDERS AND CITIES.
What are POLITICAL MAPS?
100
AN UNDERWATER TUNNEL THAT CONNECTS ENGLAND AND FRANCE.
What is THE CHUNNEL?
200
LINES ON MAPS AND GLOBES THAT MEASURE DISTANCE EAST AND WEST OF THE PRIME MERIDIAN
What is LONGITUDE?
200
MERIDIANS
What is ANOTHER NAME FOR LINES OF LONGITUDE?
200
A TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN MEXICO, CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES.
What is NAFTA? or the NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
200
TYPES OF MAPS THAT SHOW NATURAL FEATURES LIKE MOUNTAINS, FORESTS, ETC.
What are PHYSICAL MAPS?
200
TRADITIONS, CUSTOMS, BELIEFS, LANGUAGE, ETHNICITY.
What is CULTURE?
300
0 DEGREES LATITUDE
What is THE EQUATOR?
300
LONGITUDE IS MEASURED FROM ZERO DEGREES TO _______.
What is 180 DEGREES?
300
ESTABLISHED TO HELP THE ECONOMIES OF EUROPEAN NATIONS AND HELP END THE FREQUENT WARS IN THE REGION.
What is THE EUROPEAN UNION?
300
TYPES OF MAPS THAT SHOW CLIMATE, POPULATION OR LAND USE.
What are THEMATIC MAPS?
300
CANADA IS DIVIDED INTO 10 ______________ AND 3 _____________.
What are PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES?
400
0 DEGREES LONGITUDE
What is THE PRIME MERIDIAN?
400
THE NORTH POLE IS LOCATED AT _____________ LATITUDE.
What is 90 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE?
400
SHORTENS TRADE ROUTES BY LINKING THE ATLANTIC AND THE PACIFIC OCEANS.
What is THE PANAMA CANAL?
400
A GROUP OF PLACES THAT SHARE A COMMON CHARACTERISTIC.
What is A REGION?
400
THE LUNGS OF THE PLANET
What is THE AMAZON RAINFOREST? (or AMAZON BASIN)
500
PEOPLE WHO SHARE A COMMON LANGUAGE, RACE, CULTURE, AND HISTORY.
What is ETHNICITY? or What is AN ETHNIC GROUP?
500
LONGITUDE LINES MEET HERE
What are THE NORTH AND SOUTH POLES?
500
A WATERWAY THAT LINKS THE GREAT LAKES AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
What is THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY?
500
TWO WAYS LOCATION CAN BE DESCRIBED USING A MAP OR GLOBE
What is ABSOLUTE LOCATION AND RELATIVE LOCATION?
500
A BRIDGE BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA.
What is CENTRAL AMERICA?
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