Geography Basics
An imaginary line which divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
What is the Equator?
The number of original British colonies
What is 13?
Miss Seitz went to college in this Great Plains state located near Montana and Canada
What is North Dakota?
Canada is divided into these major political regions, similar to states in the US
What are Provinces?
An ancient civilization known for its giant stone heads. The first major Mesoamerican civilization.
Who were the Olmec?
Imaginary lines which run north to south and measure distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
What is Longitude (lines of longitude)?
An agricultural method used by Native Americans to grow corn, beans, and squash
What is Three Sisters (Farming)?
This line on a check is where you write the reason for the check. (In other words, why or what you're paying someone for.)
What is Memo (Line)?
This natural resource is a major export of Canada
What is Lumber?
A civilization which developed hieroglyphics and an advanced calendar
Who were the Maya?
A map which shows boundaries between countries, states, and cities
What is a Political Map?
The Spanish and English split control of North America along this River
What is the Mississippi River?
The US and Canada both have this type of economy
What is Mixed Economy?
A type of government in which citizens elect representatives and the leader of the majority serves as Prime Minister
What is Parliamentary Democracy?
Stepped structures built by the Maya which served as temples and ceremonial centers
What are Pyramids?
The exact position of a place as described by coordinates
What is Absolute Location?
This document declared that the American colonies were independent from Great Britain
What is the Declaration of Independence?
An ______ is something shipped into a country. An ______ is something shipped out of a country.
What is Import and Export?
A territory controlled by a country but allowed to govern many of its own affairs
What is a Dominion?
A civilization which built its capital city on an island in the middle of a lake
Who were the Aztecs?
A map which shows date such as favorite football teams by county to language families by country
What is a Thematic Map?
A system used to elect the President, with each state receiving a certain number of votes based on its representation in Congress
What are the Electoral College?
This term means "God wills it!" in Latin and was a popular Crusader war cry
What is Deus Vult?
a 1774 British Law that allowed French Canadians to keep their Catholic religion, French civil law, and certain cultural traditions
What is the Quebec Act?
A farming method which involves cutting down and burning plants to clear land for planting crops
What is Slash-and-Burn Agriculture?