Landforms
What are the four hemispheres?
What tool shows the directions of North, South, East, and West?
Compass Rose
What landform would be difficult to cross if traveling across our country by foot?
Mountains and rivers
How did our rivers and lakes help us to become a wealthy country?
Transportation
What is the difference between a picture of a satellite and a globe?
You can see the weather on a satellite
What are Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic
What continent do we live on?
North America
What country do we live in?
The United States of America
How many continents are there in the world?
Seven
What is a 3D model of the world called?
What is a Globe
What directions are shown in meridians of latitude?
What is East/West
What directions are shown in the meridians of longitude?
North/ South
What is located at 0 degrees longitude?
Prime Meridian
What is located at 0 degrees latitude?
Equator
What is the biggest area of the US that you can see from space?
What is The Great Plains
What two large mountain ranges are located in the US?
What are the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains
Which country has a larger land area than the United States?
Canada and/ or Russia
What two hemispheres is the United States located in?
Northern and Western Hemispheres
What river does the Ohio River flow into?
The Mississippi River
What is a delta?
It is formed when soil is deposited at the mouth of a river.
Name the seven continents
What is the difference between a cape and a peninsula?
A cape is more narrow than a peninsula
What is a tributary?
A smaller stream that runs into a river.
Name the two rivers that boarder the US and another country?
Rio Grande and The Saint Lawrence River
What two continents does the equator run through?
What are Africa and South America