Vocabulary
California Features
Miss Fiola Fun Facts
100

A person who uses maps to locate places is a

geographer

100

What region is the Sierra Nevada in?

Mountain Region


100

What is Miss Fiola's favorite holiday?

Halloween

200

The measure of the average number of people living in one area is called

population density


200

What information do you need to calculate a place's population density?

A. population and type of region

B. land area and population

C. number of schools and businesses

D. number of children and adults

B. land area and population

200

What is something Miss Fiola is scared of?

Snakes!!

300

 A  ____________ will tell you what different colors or symbols on a map represent.

map key

300

Is the equator a line of latitude or longitude

Latitude

300

How many siblings does Miss Fiola have?

4 older brothers

400

North, East, South, West are examples of what type of directions?

Cardinal Directions


400

Is the prime meridian a line of longitude or latitude?

longitude

400

What Mario Kart character does Miss Fiola play as?

Roy

500

What does a scale on a map help you to do?

to figure out distances

500

What is the main reason many California cities are found in the coastal region?

A. It is easy to drive on the roads.

B. The weather is better on the coast.

C. Businesses move goods by ship.

D. Ocean winds turn the windmills.

C. Businesses move goods by ship

500
Miss Fiola didn't feel an earthquake in the story she told yesterday.... why?

She was on a plane!

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