New York
The Continents
Maps! Maps! Maps!
New York Landmarks
Landforms and Waterways.
100
The borough that our school is located in.
What is the Bronx
100
The seven large areas of land usually shown in green on on a map or globe.
What are the continents?
100
A flat drawing of a place.
What is a map?
100
This landmark is a 102 floors tall skyscraper in New York City.
What is The Empire State building?
100
Land that is completely surrounded by water
What is an island?
200
This borough is an island, that is the furthest south on a map.
What is Staten Island?
200
There are many Spanish speaking countries in this continent, including Columbia, Venezuela, Costa Rica and Peru.
What is South America?
200
A drawing that represents something else on a map.
What is a symbol?
200
This landmark is located in the Bronx, and people can see many exotic animals there.
What is the Bronx Zoo?
200
A very tall elevation of land, that sometimes may have snow at the very top.
What is a mountain?
300
There are most of New York's landmarks in this borough.
What is Manhattan?
300
Canada, Mexico and the United States are all located in this continent.
What is North America?
300
The part on the map that tells you what each symbol means.
What is the map key or legend?
300
This landmark is 50 blocks long, and has many little parks inside of it.
What is Central Park?
300
Water that is completely surrounded by land.
What is a lake?
400
This borough is the new home of the basketball team called the Nets.
What is Brooklyn?
400
Koala bears are native (they live in) this continent.
What is Australia?
400
A special map that is round like a ball.
What is a globe?
400
This landmark is a statue that was a gift to America from the French.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
400
The lowest part of land found between two mountains.
What is a valley?
500
This borough is has 2 airports in it.
What is Queens?
500
People cannot live for very long on this continent because it is very cold.
What is Antarctica?
500
A view from way up high.
What is bird's eye view?
500
This place is always bright and busy, even in the middle of the night!
What is Times Square?
500
A place where boats and ships go to be kept safe from storms.
What is a harbor?
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