Map Skills
Latitude/Longitude
Water/Landforms
Political Geography
100
A sphere that is a model of Earth is called a________.
What is a globe?
100
Lines of __________ are imaginary lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole.
What are longitude?
100
A mountain is one type of ___________.
What is landform?
100
Two rivers that form parts of the United States border are the ____________ and the _________.
Use the map below--
What are the Rio Grande and the St. Lawrence?
200
Name the four points on a compass, also known as cardinal directions.
What are north, south, east, and west.
200
Lines of __________ are imaginary lines that run from west and east around Earth.
What are latitude?
200
Almost three-fourths of Earth's surface is covered by_______.
What is water?
200
A tributary flowing into the Mississippi from the east is the _________.
Use the map below--
What is the Ohio River?
300
The imaginary line that circles the earth and separates the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere is known as the _______.
What is the Equator?
300
The _____ is located at 0 degrees latitude.
What is the equator?
300
_____ is a part of Earth's surface including landmasses and bodies of water.
What is a physical feature?
300
A physical feature at 25 degrees N, 90 degrees W is the ___________.
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
400
The imaginary line that separates the western hemisphere and eastern hemisphere is known as the _____.
What is the Prime Meridian??
400
The North Pole is at ___________degrees latitude.
What is 90?
400
Between ranges of mountains or hills are low areas called______.
What are valleys?
400
A land feature of the United States southeast of the Appalachian Mountains is the ___________.
What is the Gulf Coastal Plain?
500
The study of our physical surroundings and how humans interact with them is known as __________.
What is geography?
500
The South Pole is at __________ degrees latitude.
What is 90?
500
__________ are land areas that are mostly flat.
What is a plain?
500
The western tip of Lake Ontario is located at about_______degrees north latitude and ________degrees west longitude.
What is 42/43 N, 80 W?