Where I'm From
Continents & Oceans
MAPS
Map features
Mr. HELP Definitions
100
What town is your school in?
Livingston Manor
100
How many Continents are there? Name them for extra points
seven (7) North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, Antarctica
100
What are maps used for?
Maps show you where things are, and location
100
The imaginary horizontal lines that stretch from east to west are
What is the parallels of latitude?
100

Areas that share a least one common feature? For example countries, states, and cities are political regions ( also climate and culture can define a region)

What is a region.

200
What state do you live in?
New York
200
How many Oceans are there?
four (4)
200
Name one type of map.
possible answers: street map subway map floor map weather map political map inset map physical map
200
One of the the latitude lines located in the halfway between the North and South Poles is called...
What is the Equator?
200

What answers the question, "Where is it"? (absolute and relative location)

Location

300
What country do you live in?
United States of America
300
Name the Continents that begin with the letter "A".
Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica
300
What symbol shows direction on a map?
Compass Rose
300
The imaginary lines that divide the globe vertically
What is the Meridians of Longitude?
300

What is "How do people, goods, and ideas move from place to place?"?

Movement

400
What continent do you live on?
North America
400
What is the largest and smallest Continent?
largest: Asia smallest: Australia
400
Name the Cardinal and Intermediate directions.
north, south, east, west, northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest
400
The longitude line that runs from pole to pole through Greenwich, England is called
What is the Prime Meridian?
400

What is identifies the natural and human features that make one place different from every other place?(landforms, climate, plants, animals, people, language, or culture)

Place

500

What state is west of this state you live in?

New Mexico

500
What is the largest Ocean? Name one (1) Continent that it touches.
Pacific Ocean: North America, South America, Asia, Australia, Antarctica
500
What part of the map tells you what different symbols on a map mean?
map key/legend
500
The name of the pattern of parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude lines is called
What is a global grid?
500

What is the relationship between people and the environment? (build dams, environment can affect how people live, work, dress, travel, and communicate)

Human-Environment Interaction

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