Vocab
A sphere that is a model of the earth.
What is a globe?
The cardinal directions on a compass are... (there are 4).
How many continents does the earth have?
What is 7?
What is the biggest state in the U.S.?
What is Alaska?
True or False: climate, physical features, and vegetation affect where people choose to live.
What is true?
Imaginary lines that run from the north pole to the south pole.
What are lines of longitude?
Imaginary lines that run from east to west.
What are lines of latitude?
How many oceans does earth have?
What is 5?
The largest mountain range in the EASTERN U.S.?
What is the Appalachian Mountains?
What do all maps have in common?
What is they are created by collecting data?
Makes the laws in a country, state, or community.
What is the government?
A line that divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres.
What is the equator?
What is the largest continent?
What is Asia?
The large flat land between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River is called:
What is the Great Plains?
Which of the following is a physical feature?
- a forest area
- a peninsula
- a hurricane
- a line of latitude
What is a peninsula?
Different plants in an area.
What is vegetation?
Weather that is measured over time.
What is climate?
What continent is in all 4 hemispheres?
What is Africa?
True/False: Rivers helped the U.S. become a wealthy country by providing routes for ships and power for factories.
What ocean is off the EAST coast of the U.S.?
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
A mountain is one type of _____________.
What is landform?
What is at 0 degrees latitude? 0 degrees longitude?
What is the equator and the prime meridian?
3/4 of earth's surface is covered by _____________.
What is water?
The two rivers that form part of the U.S. border.
______________ and the St. Lawrence River
What is the Rio Grande?
What is the first mountain range WEST of the Great Plains?
What are the Rocky Mountains?