What is the longitude line that splits the globe into eastern and wester hemisphers?
the Prime Meridian
100
Which region (NE, SE, MW, SW, or W) that has no coastline along an ocean or gulf?
The Midwest Region
100
What is helpful on a map to tell what the symbols and colors mean?
the legend or key
100
Name at least one of the 5 themes of GEOGRAPHY?
location, place, human-environmental interaction, movement, and regions
100
What colors do most mapmakers use for water? and land?
Blue for water and green for land
200
How many regions is the United States divided into in our textbook?
Five regions
200
What vocabulary word means an area with common features that sets it apart from other areas?
a region
200
What are these directions NE, SE, SW, NW:
intermediate directions or cardinal directions ?
Intermediate
200
What tool do you you use on a map to see how far one city is from another?
a scale
200
What gives an explanation of the symbols and colors on a map?
a map key
300
What is an imaginary line that runs east and west around the globe; it's also called a parallel?
line of latitude
300
Which lines are parallel, latitude or longitude?
lines of latitude
300
If you were standing on the equator looking north, what is the 90 degree location you would be facing?
the North Pole
300
What is another name for a line of longitude?
meridian
300
What is 0 degree line of latitude? Hint: It runs through Africa and South America and divides the globe into the northern and southern hemispheres.
the Equator
400
What is the crisscrossing lines of latitude and longitude on a map called?
global grid
400
What important city are you in at these coordinates:
40 N and 7 W?
Washington, DC
400
What type of map shows just one kind of information, for example population, precipitation, language, elevation?
special-purpose map
400
What is zero elevation called? Hint: It's the surface of the ocean (sea).
sea level
400
What 2 regions does the Appalachian Mountain Range run through?
Northeast and Southeast
500
What river runs through the Midwest and Southeast Regions?
the Mississippi River
500
Where do you find the Colorado Plateau which is a high, flat landform that rises steeply from the land around it?
Either answer with the region name or the state(s) names.
in the SW Region, in Both Arizona and New Mexico
500
What is the landform that is bowl-shaped and lower than the surrounding land?
a basin
500
What is a landform called when it's a low, flat plain running along the coast? You can see one in both the SE and the SW Regions?
the coastal plain
500
What natural feature often gives a region its special character? It's a landform.
mountains, desert, ocean, series of lakes or a great river