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The study of our natural surroundings and how we interact with them.
What is Geography?
The symbol on a map that shows directions is called...
What is a compass rose?
Lines on a map that run from the North Pole to the South Pole.
What are lines of longitude?
The name of the Gulf that is in the southern most part of the United States.
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
The name of the mountain range that we live in.
What is Rocky Mountains?
The most accurate map of the Earth?
What is a globe?
This river flows from the north eastern part of the United States and is named after a Saint.
What is the Saint Lawrence River?
This river flows alongside the Appalachian Mountains and is named after a state.
What is the Ohio River?
The beginning of a river is called it's...
What is source?
The mountain range that we live in stretches how many miles...
What is about 3,000 miles.
The lines on a map that circle Earth from East to West.
What is latitude?
This is a large area of land in the middle of the United States where many native Americans lived.
What is the Great Plains?
The name of the ocean that is closest to the East Coast is called...
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
What is 4 and: Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian.
This river runs south from the Rocky Mountains into the Gulf of Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande River?
Words that describe bodies of water and landforms like gulf and valley.
What are geographic terms?
The line at 0 degrees longitude is called...
What is the Prime Meridian?
The name of the mountain range along the East Coast is called...
What is the Appalachian Mountains?
The name of the ocean that is closest to the West Coast is called...
What is the Pacific Ocean?
The mountain range in California and along the West Coast.
What is Sierra Nevada Mountains?
The line at 0 degree latitude is called...
What is the equator?
Four main points on a compass are called_______ and they are (name them)...
What is cardinal points and north, south, east, and west?
The number of continents and give the names of four.
What are 7 continents and any four of: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America?
The North American continent is located in these hemispheres.
What is West and North?
The longest river in the United States is...
What is the Mississippi River?