Geography
What is geography?
The study of the Earth and its physical features.
Why are there 50 stars on the United States flag?
There are 50 states that make up the US.
Region.
A specific area of a place.
What is a historian?
A person who studies the past.
Name 2 of the earth's oceans.
Pacific.
Atlantic.
Indian.
Southern.
Arctic.
Why are there 13 stripes in the US flag?
They represent the 13 original colonies.
Chronological order.
Timeline of events in the order they happened.
What are the 4 cardinal directions?
North, south, west, and east.
The longest river in the world is called...
The Nile River.
What is the largest state in the United States?
Alaska.
Landform. Give an example.
Natural feature on earth's surface.
Mountains, volcanoes, canyons, islands, rivers, oceans, waterfalls, hills.
What is primary source?
1st original source of information.
What continent is also a country?
Australia.
Name 5 states.
Answers will vary.
Indigenous people.
The original people of a land.
Who were the Native Americans?
The original people of the America.
The equator divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres. True or False?
TRUE. The equator divides the Earth horizontally, which separates the northern hemisphere in the southern hemisphere.
What are the 3 branches of government?
Judicial, executive, and legislative.
Lower 48.
The 48 states that are connected, except Alaska and Hawaii.
What country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?
France.