Visual Tools
Explains the relationship between distance on the map and the actual distance on Earth.
What is a map scale?
An area heavily populated with tall buildings, public transportation, and busy streets.
What is a city?
Characterized by hot, dry, desert climate
What is the Southwest?
Grew near transportation and trade routes
What are urban areas?
Access to forests and waterways
What factors influenced the lumber and shipbuilding industries?
Explains the symbols, features, and colors of a map.
What is a map legend?
Near cities, houses, yards, access to shopping malls, fewer people than cities.
What is suburban?
Runs through the central U.S. and is one of the longest rivers in the world
What is the Mississippi River?
Cars and highways which enabled suburban areas to grow
What is transportation?
Foodsource plentiful along coastlines
What is the fishing industry
Shows population growth over time
What is a graph?
Farms, ranches, few people, quiet
What is rural
Is responsible for the success of agriculture in the Southeast
What is fertile soil?
Power for machinery and transportation of materials enabled these
What are factories near rivers?
Controls waterways and irrigation
What are dams and canals?
Shows the population distribution of different states
What is a scatter graph?
Geography, transportation, economic influences
What influenced the development of communities?
Located in the Midwest region, known for agriculture & ranching
What are the Great Plains?
Technology center in the Western U.S.
What is Silicon Valley?
Fertile soil in the central part of the country influenced growth of this industry.
What is agriculture in the Midwest?
Shows the distribution of resources in a region
What is a resource map?
New York City
What is the largest city by population?
Landform stretching from Maine to Alabama
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
Access to shipping ports, jobs, and trade
What helped cities grow?
Characterized by mountains, deserts, and national forests
What is the West Region?