Landforms
Mapping
Resources
Vocabulary
Geography Vocab
100
Appalachians and Rocky Mountains
What are mountains
100
To travel from Wisconsin to Florida you go this direction.
What is Southeast
100
Water and soil are examples of these resources.
What are natural resources
100
Recycling, turning off lights, and riding a bike rather than driving are all examples of this.
What is conservation of resources.
100
Found where land touches water
What is a coast
200
Lakes Huron, Superior, Ontario, Erie, and Michigan
What are the Great Lakes
200
On a map, a tool used to determine direction traveled
What is a compass rose
200
Trees, fish, and crops are examples of this resource
What is a renewable resource
200
An area that has one or more features in common. The U.S. has four of these.
What is a region
200
A piece of land surrounded by water, but not on all sides (Florida is an example)
What is a peninsula
300
These mountain-like landforms can be found in Wisconsin and Minnesota along the Mississippi River
What are bluffs
300
There are 4 of these in the world-northern, southern, eastern, and western
What are hemispheres
300
These resources can be used to produce electricity. Examples are wind, sunlight, or water.
What are flow resources
300
A system people use to produce goods and services
What is an economy
300
A place where boats load and unload goods
What is a harbor
400
Occurs when natural forces such as wind and water wear away the land to create or change landforms
What is erosion
400
These lines run north and south on a map and measure distance traveled east and west of the Prime Meridian
What are lines of longitude
400
When these resources are used up they cannot be replaced.
What are nonrenewable resources
400
This means there is not enough of a resource.
What is scarcity
400
A narrow piece of land that connects two larger bodies of land
What is an isthmus
500
A high, steep-sided area that rises above the surrounding land
What is a plateau
500
These lines run east and west on a map and measure distance traveled north and south of the Equator
What are lines of latitude
500
Tools, machines, or buildings are examples of this type of resource.
What is a capital resource
500
This occurs when people use the resources they have to make the best goods possible.
What is specialization
500
A narrow channel of water that connects two bodies of water
What is a strait
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