Geography Basics
What is geography?
Geography is the study of land, water, plants, animals, and people of a place
Exact location can be found by using these two measures
Latitude and longitude
Huge sheets of ice that covered much of Wisconsin long ago
Glaciers
What are headwaters?
The starting place of a river
The line that cuts the Earth in half
Equator
The seven large areas on Earth are called
Continents
What is relative location
Describes where something is in relation to other things
Animals that no longer live on Earth are
Extinct
What is a tributary?
A small river that flows into a larger river or body of water
How does Paul Bunyan connect to Wisconsin's geography?
He connects to Wisconsin's geography through the stories people tell about him.
Name two of Wisconsin's neighboring states
Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan
Exact or relative location: John lives in the house across from the park.
Name four Ice Age animals
Wooly mammoths, giant camels, sea animals, saber-tooth tigers, caribou, deer
Exact location is
An address of place known by latitude and longitude lines
The Wisconsin River and Mississippi River
The name for how high a place is above sea level is called
Elevation
Map makers use this to show distance on maps
Scale
Glaciers carved out this famous Wisconsin region with rocky bluffs and river valleys
Driftless Area
Wisconsin is located on what continent
North America
What is the capital city of the United States?
Washington, D.C.
True or false: Countries are bigger than states
False
A compass helps interpret this feature on maps
Map symbols
The land that glaciers pushed and dropped rocks and soil onto
Moraines
How were Wisconsin's lakes and rivers used?
Lakes and rivers were used like our highways are used today
True or false: Kentucky boarders Wisconsin
False