Map Terms
Soil Regions 1
Soil Regions 2
Disasters
Misc.
100
This term is a listing of the symbols or colors on a map and what they mean.
What is key or legend
100
This area of MS has some of the richest soil on Earth.
What is Mississippi Delta or Delta-Yahoo Basin
100
This word refers to soil that has been deposited by a river, and our Mississippi Mud is an excellent example of it.
What is alluvial soil
100
This natural disaster is classified as the worst one in U.S. history.
What is Hurricane Katrina
100
This term refers to a period of time prior to the Civil War.
What is antebellum
200
This line is the zero degree latitude line that divides the Earth into northern and southern hemispheres.
What is the equator
200
This area extends 15 – 20 miles inland from the Gulf Coast and has yellow-gray soil that is not fertile.
What is the Coastal Meadows Region
200
This area contains Woodall Mountain, which, with a height of 806 feet, is the highest elevation in MS.
What is the Tennessee-Tombigbee Hills Region?
200
This disaster left 630,000 homeless and forced the U.S. government to begin a flood control plan.
What is Great Flood of 1927
200
This man farms another man’s land and gives the landowner a share of the crops.
What is sharecropper
300
These lines run east and west on a map, and are used to measure distance north or south of the equator.
What is latitude lines
300
This area used to be one huge expanse of uncut pine trees.
What is Piney Woods Region
300
This region has gray soil that is NOT fertile at all, and is referred to as the least productive soil region in MS.
What is Flatwoods region
300
Hurricane Camille had winds in excess of this number.
What is 200 mph
300
This term refers to the height of an area above sea level.
What is elevation
400
This is the zero degree longitude line that divides the planet into eastern and western hemispheres and runs through Greenwich, England.
What is prime meridian
400
This ridge line was once the home of Chickasaw Indians.
What is Pontotoc Ridge
400
The people in this wooded area of the state once seceded from the Union to form the Free State of Jones.
What is Piney Woods region
400
This disaster took hundreds of lives in Tupelo, leveling 48 city blocks in the process.
What is Tupelo Tornado of 1936
400
This is the precise location on the earth’s surface, using latitude and longitude coordinates.
What is absolute location
500
These lines run north and south but are used to measure distance east and west of the prime meridian.
What is longitude lines
500
This hilly section of MS has the highest elevation of land in the state.
What is the Tennessee-Tombigbee Hills Region?
500
This heavily populated area of our state is sometimes referred to as the Mississippi Riviera.
What is Coastal Meadows Region
500
This disaster destroyed several businesses in Tupelo, including Vanelli’s and Comfort Suites.
What is Tupelo Tornado of 2014
500
These scientists study the origin, history, and composition of Earth’s surface.
What is geologists
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