Location
Reading a Legend/Key
Interpreting Data
Geography Tools
Vocabulary
100
Using page 562, this city is located at 39*N, 105*W
What is New Orleans, Louisiana
100
Using page 37, this type of land use is most common in Europe
What is Commercial Farming
100
Using page 144, this is the conclusion you can draw about the urban population of Mexico.
What is more of the people live in cities now than before.
100
This tool allows us to see more details of the "real" Earth in "real" time
What is satellite imagery
100
The White house could be best described as a A. president B. region C. place D. city
What is C., a place
200
Using page 556, these resources are found closest to the Tropic of Cancer
What is precious metals, oil, uranium
200
Using page 556-557, this continent has the fewest centers for manufacturing and trade
What is Africa
200
Using page 53, most of Canada's population lives where
What is in the south, near the USA border
200
The type of geography that studies oceans, land, etc.
What is physical geography
300
Using page 582, this sea is found at coordinates 20*N, 60*E
What is the Arabian Sea
300
Which of the 2 locations speak the same language as we do
What is Jamaica and the Bahamas
300
Using page 555, where do the majority of the Earth's population live
What is near the coastline
300
This is the oldest form of a geography tool, used for centuries by sailors and travelers
What is a compass
300
This word means to point out a similarity
What is a comparison
400
Using page 39, this region is directly south of Canada & the USA
What is Latin America
400
These 2 nations have the highest literacy rate
What is Cuba & Bahamas
400
Having a source of drinking water, a plentiful food supply, and industry nearby makes a location to be.... * favorable for settlement OR * not favorable for settlement
What is favorable for settlement
400
This common device uses satellite and absolute location to help us navigate about
What is a GPS
400
This type of location is given in terms of other places
What is relative location
500
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is an example of what kind of location
What is absolute location
500
Where would you look to find out what the different colors on a map mean
What is the key or legend
500
The nation with the least healthy population
What is Haiti
500
This map component allows cartographers to get a large area onto a much smaller map
What is scale
500
This is an area set apart by a political, physical, or cultural characteristic
What is a region
M
e
n
u