Vocabulary
Vocab Con't
Indiana Facts
Human & Physical Features
Map Skills
100
An area with at least one feature that makes it different from other areas.
What is region?
100
Feature formed by nature
What is physical feature?
100
The state capital of Indiana
What is Indianapolis?
100
Indiana's two main landforms
What are hills and plains?
100
These lines run east and west on a map or globe.
What are lines of latitude?
200
Where a place is in relation to other places on Earth.
What is relative location?
200
Feature made by people
What is human feature?
200
Indiana's state motto
What is "The Crossroads of America"?
200
Lake Wawasee
What is Indiana's largest natural lake?
200
These lines run north and south on a map or globe.
What are lines of longitude?
300
A line that divides one place from another.
What is border?
300
Area of low, flat land
What is plain?
300
Indiana's major landforms
What are plains and hills?
300
Indiana's other reservoirs.
What are Patoka, Brookville, Salamonie and Mississinewa?
300
Exact location of a place.
What is absolute location?
400
A smaller river that flows into a larger river.
What is tributary?
400
Soil good for growing crops
What is fertile soil?
400
Fort Wayne, South Bend, Evansville, Bloomington, Hammond and Gary
What are major cities in Indiana?
400
The river that forms a border between Indiana and Kentucky.
What is Ohio River?
400
The line that divides Earth into western and eastern parts as measured by lines of longitude.
What is the prime meridian?
500
Industry
What is all the businesses that provide one kind of product or service?
500
Lake Michigan
What is the Great Lake that Indiana borders?
500
The names major rivers and lakes in Indiana.
What are White River, Wabash River, Lake Wawasee, Lake Monroe?
500
The area of Indiana which features diverse land forms such as plains, hills, waterfalls, caves and ridges.
What is Southern Indiana?
500
The lines of latitude and longitude that are closest to Indianapolis.
What is 40 degrees North and 86 degrees West?
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