Themes of Geography
Vocabulary
New Mexico's Location
Provinces
A Very Dry State
100
This is what every place on the planet's surface has.
What is location?
100
The description of where a place is in relation to other places or things.
What is relative location?
100
This is the state on our western border.
What is Arizona?
100
An area of land with unique physical features as well as distinct plants and animals.
What is a province?
100
The largest river that flows through New Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande?
200
This is identified by physical and human characteristics?
What is place?
200
This is the exact position of a place.
What is absolute location?
200
Texas and Oklahoma are on this side of New Mexico.
What is east?
200
There are this many provinces in New Mexico.
What are 4?
200
This is what the state suffers from when there is not enough rain or snow to meet our needs.
What is a drought.
300
THis looks at how people interact with what is around them.
What is human-environment interaction?
300
This is the measurement of distances north and south of the equator.
What is latitude?
300
This country is located on New Mexico's southern border.
What is Mexico?
300
This province extends from central NM to Western Canada and is characterized by rugged mountain terrain.
What is the Rocky Mountain Province?
300
A natural or manmade pond or lake used for the storage of water.
What is a reservoir?
400
Studying this theme will help you see the connection between yourself and other regions, cultures, and people in the world.
What is movement?
400
This reference line runs through Greenwich, England, and divides the world into eastern and western hemispheres.
What is the prime meridian?
400
New Mexico, along with Utah, Arizona, and Colorado come together in this area.
What is the Four Corners?
400
This province includes a tableland, or elevated area of mostly flat land.
What is the Colorado Plateau?
400
The state's largest manmade lake, stretching a distance of 40 miles.
What is Elephant Butte?
500
Places on earth that have at least one common feature are called this.
What is a region?
500
This is half of the earth.
What is a hemisphere?
500
New Mexico is part of this region, where the states share a warm climate, especially in the winter.
What is the Sunbelt?
500
Located in the Great Plains Province, this is some of the flattest land in the world.
What is the Llano Estacado?
500
These are wooded areas along our rivers.
What are bosques?
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