Geographic Tools
This geography tool shows a view from above of an area of Earth.
What is a Map?
These imaginary lines run parallel to the equator on a globe.
What are lines of latitude?
Name two of the criteria that define a region.
landforms, climate, population, culture, economies
This South American region is famous for its cattle ranches.
What is the Pampas?
Name one effect a large body of water has on the climate of a nearby region
An nearby ocean can make cooler temperatures in summer.
There is more precipitation on land near a large body of water.
An nearby ocean can make warmer temperatures.
It is a map that shows state and country boundaries, capitals, and major cities.
What is a political map?
These high latitudes receive little sunlight, so they have ____________ climates.
What is cold?
coastal plain and coastal range - Which of these two has mountains and is located on the Pacific Coast?
What is the Pacific Coast?
These two South American regions contain nearly all of the rain forests on the continent. Name one.
What are The Guiana Highlands and The Amazon Basin?
Is religion a cultural characteristic or an economic characteristic of a region.
It is cultural
This is a drawing, sketch, plan, or chart that makes something easier to understand.
What is a diagram?
These low latitudes near the Equator are warm because they receive more of the ____________.
What are the Sun's rays?
This region is horseshoe shaped and wraps around Hudson Bay in Canada.
What is the Canadian Shield?
This type of climate has wet and hot weather all year long.
What is tropical?
South America produces coffee. Is this a cultural or economic characteristic.
Economic
This is the type of map used to find out which parts of the US get the most rain.
What is a climate map?
All places on Earth have a _______________.
What is a location?
The Region that is West of the Interior Lowlands and East of the Rocky Mountains.
What is the Great Plains?
If a region has a temperate climate and is near a source of water its population will tend to be high or low?
What is High?
England (Britain) plays a big role in American and Canadian history. Is this a cultural or economic characteristic?
Cultural
This is the type of map that shows the kinds of natural resources that dominate an area.
What is a resource map?
These two measurements are required to find an absolute location.
What is latitude and longitude?
This is North America's oldest mountain range.
What is the Appalachian Mountains?
P 84 of your book show population density. Name two cities located in high density cities.
What are New York, NY San Francisco and Los Angeles, CA Seattle, WA and Miami, FL
What major river is located in South America?
The Amazon