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What region of the U.S. is Florida in?
Southeast
What does The Continental Divide do?
separates the flow of water in the United States
How are Alaska and Hawaii different from the other 48 states?
They are noncontiguous with the other states.
Which is the largest of the Great Lakes?
Lake superior
What is the word that means states connected by shared borders.
Contiguous
What is the word for an area under the control and protection of another country.
Territory
What is the word for Lines on a map that run left and right, measuring degrees north and south.
Latitude
What is the word for a person who studies Geography
geographer
These are Lines on a map that run up and down and measure degrees east and west.
Longitude
If a body of water is deep enough and wide enough for ships to pass through, it is ________.
Navigable
What word means a "Deep valley with steep sides"
Canyon
What type of location Tells the exact position of a place on Earth
Absolute location
This is an area with rich soil to the east of the Appalachian Mountains and West of the Atlantic Ocean.
The Piedmont
Explain how city planners might use GIS data
they use it to solve problems by analyzing patterns and trends according the information presented in GIS data. For example, a map that tells you what areas have large hills and what areas are flat might help a planner know where to place a building.
What type of location explains where a place is by comparing it to another person or place
relative location
New York is in this region of the U.S.
Northeast
Explain what is the cause and what is the effect in the following statement: “The Mississippi River Basin area has fertile soil and ample rainfall, which makes it excellent for farming.”
Cause – fertile soil, ample rainfall - Effect – area is excellent for farming
What is the St. Lawrence River?
The St. Lawrence River is a river that runs from the great lakes to the Atlantic ocean. It is navigable because of its many waterways and canals.
This 3 letter abbreviation uses data to manage, analyze, and share information about geography.
GIS
Territories of the United States are:
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.