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100

Come to this borough if you want to catch a Yankees game. 

What is the Bronx?

100

I am the county that is found in the Bronx.

What is Bronx County?

100

I am found in the corner or edge of the map. I tell you what direction to go in.

What is the compass rose?

100

I am the four cardinal directions.

What is North, South, East and West?

200

I am the only borough that does not have either an MLB, NFL, NBA or NHL team.

What is Staten Island?

200

I am the county that is found in Queens.

What is Queens County?

200

I tell you what symbols and colors mean on a map.

What is the map key or map legend?

200

I am the four intermediate directions.

What is Northwest, Southwest, Northeast and Southeast?

300

I am the home of Broadway and the Empire State Building.

What is Manhattan?

300

I am the county that can be found in Staten Island?

What is Richmond County?

300

I show you the relationship between the distance on a map and distance in real life.

What is scale?

300

CHECK THE MAP: If I am in the Lower Hudson Valley and I want to go to the Capital Region/Northern Catskills, what cardinal direction would I go?

What is North?

400

I have the largest population of the five boroughs.

What is Brooklyn?

400

I am the county found in Brooklyn.

What is Kings County?

400

I am a map that shows man-made features like states and county boundaries. I do not show you lakes or mountains.

What is a political map?

400

CHECK THE MAP: I am in Central New York and want to go to the Western Finger Lakes, the cardinal direction I would use is.

What is West?

500

I am home to 2 of New York's largest airports, including John F. Kennedy International Airport.

What is Queens?

500

I am the county found in Manhattan.

What is New York County?

500

I am a map that shows you landscapes, mountains, rivers and terrain.

What is a physical map?

500

CHECK THE MAP: I am in Western New York and want to go to the Eastern Adirondacks/Lake Champlain, what INTERMEDIATE DIRECTION would I use.

What is Northeast?

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