The four cardinal directions on a compass rose.
North, south, east, west
What is the imaginary line that goes around the center of the earth.
What is the equator
The intermediate directions on a compass rose
Northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest
What is the imaginary line that runs north to south that separates the earth into east and west hemispheres?
What is the prime meridian?
a flat area of land usually in a triangle formed by deposits of sand and dirt and splits into small rivers and streams
What is a delta?
What is the name of the thing on a map that tells you what the SYMBOLS mean?
Map key or legend
What country borders the U.S. to the North?
Canada
A natural area of water that is mostly surrounded by land. (smaller than a gulf)
What is a bay?
What is 567 rounded to the nearest ten.
570
What country borders the U.S. to the south?
What is Mexico
A narrow strip of land that connects two larger pieces of land.
What is an isthmus?
A dry and barren area of land covered with sand.
What is a desert?
What is a comparison using like or as called?
simile