Ways to Describe Location
Regions of the U.S.
Maps
Landforms & Waterways
Vocabulary
100

Imaginary lines on a globe that give an exact location.

What are lines of longitude and latitude?

100
The region that you live in.
What is the midwest?
100
This shows a pattern of weather over a period of time.
What is a Climate Map?
100

This is an area of flat or rolling land.

What is a plain?

100

A group of states or countries that shares similarities.

What is a region?

200

The areas that are west of the Prime Meridian.

What is the Western Hemisphere?

200
The region where Maine and New Hampshire are.
What is the Northeast?
200
This shows the height of land over the sea level.
What is an elevation map?
200

This is part of the ocean partly surrounded by land.

What is a gulf?

200

The highness or lowness of the land.

What is elevation?

300

The areas that are north of the equator.

What is the Northern Hemisphere?

300
The region where California is located.
What is the West?
300
This shows groups of states with common features.
What is a region map?
300

This is a river or stream that flows into a larger river.

What is a tributary?

300

A feature that was made by man.

What is a human resource?

400
The exact location given in degrees longitude or latitude.

What is absolute location?

400
The region where Texas and Arizona are located.
What is the Southwest?
400
This shows the moisture that falls from the sky like snow, rain, and hail.
What is a precipitation map?
400

This is an area of flat land with higher elevation.

What is a plateau?

400

A natural feature of land or water.

What is a physical characteristic?

500

Comparing where you live to some other place.

What is relative location?

500
The region where Florida and Georgia are located?
What is the Southeast?
500

Part of a map that tells the directions.

What is a compass rose?

500

This river is used as a north-south dividing line of the U.S.

What is the Mississippi River?

500

The study of land and water.

What is geography?

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