Understanding the Globe
Understanding Latitude and Longitude
Water and Landforms
Physical Features of the United States
Misc.
100
This is the tool used to measure direction.
What is a compass
100
These are the imaginary lines that circle the Earth from west to east.
What are parallels of latitude?
100
This is what you call a row of connected mountains.
What is a mountain range?
100
This ocean borders the United States on the west coast.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
100
A small body of salt water is called a ___________.
What is a sea?
200
North, South, East and West are considered to be these.
What are cardinal points?
200
These are the lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole.
What meridians of longitude?
200
This is what you call a landform that is completely surrounded by water.
What is an island?
200
This is the ocean that borders the United States on the east coast.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
200
This is a body of fresh water that is surrounded by land.
What is a lake?
300
Northeast, northwest, southeast and southwest are considered this.
What are intermediate points?
300
This is the imaginary line located at 0 degrees latitude.
What is the equator?
300
This is what you call a body of water that cuts into a mass of land.
What is a gulf?
300
This body of water is located to the south of the United States.
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
300

This is what you call a low area that lies between mountains or hills. 

What is a valley?

400

The United States are located in these two hemispheres.

What are the Northern and the Western Hemispheres?

400
This is the imaginary line that acts as the starting point for measuring lines of longitude.
What is the Prime Meridian?
400
This is what you call a smaller stream that feeds into a river.
What is a tributary?
400
This is the mountain range that stretches 3,000 miles from New Mexico to Alaska.
What is the Rocky Mountains?
400
This is a mass of land surrounded by water on 3 sides.
What is a peninsula?
500

Name the 7 continents

What is Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.

500
This is the imaginary line that is exactly halfway around the world from the Prime Meridian. It is located at 180 degrees longitude.
What is the International Dateline?
500
A __________ is where a river begins, and a _________ is where the river empties into a larger body of water.
What is a source and a mouth?
500
This is the largest river in the United States.
What is the Mississippi River?
500
This is what is formed at the mouth of a river when soil is deposited. It is usually shaped like a triangle.
What is a delta?
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