Maps
Globes
Grids
NC Regions
Vocabulary
100
The four types of map are...
What are political, physical, road and population
100
Globes show the ________ _________ of the Earth.
What is true shape
100
True or false. A grid system uses rows and columns.
What is true
100
The three regions of North Carolina
What are mountains, piedmont, and coastal plain
100
Oil, coal and water are examples of _______
What is natural resources
200
True or false. A map can show the whole Earth or just a part of it
What is true.
200
Earth is divided into halves called
What are hemispheres
200
We use a grid system to find which type of location absolute or relative?
What is absolute
200
These region's climate is cold and snowy.
What is the mountains
200
Cold, rainy and dry
What is climate
300
This map uses color to show types of land in a place. People use it to learn about the geography of a place.
What is physical map
300
North Carolina is in which hemisphere Northern or Southern?
What is Northern
300
The lines of _________ run north and south from pole to pole.
What is longitude
300
This region has meadows and forests
What is the piedmont
300
Farming, gardening and vegetation are examples of _____
What is agriculture
400
This type of map shows borders which are lines that show where a state or a country ends.
What is political map
400
North Carolina is in the Eastern or Western hemisphere?
What is the Western.
400
The lines of _________ run east and west.
What is latitude
400
This region has wetlands and swamps
What is the coastal plain
400
Buses, trolleys and airplanes are forms of __________
What is transportation
500
This type of map can help people find their way. It is pictured on page 95.
What is a road map.
500
The REAL difference between a globe and a map is ...
What is a globe shows the true shape of the oceans and continents. A map does not.
500
The _________ and the _______ ________ are the lines of latitude and longitude at 0 degrees in the middle of the earth.
What is equator and prime meridian
500
This region has hot summers and cool winters.
What is the piedmont
500
Holidays, foods and religions are examples of _________
What is culture
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