US REGIONS
MAPS GALORE
FACT CHECK 1
FACT CHECK 2
VOCABULARY
TRUE - FALSE
100
This region is home to all four seasons including leaves that change colors in the fall. It's also the region Hawley is in.
What is the Midwest?
100
A type of map that only shows the names and boundaries between places. Its name sounds like it should belong in an election.
What is a political map?
100
On this map, Canada is shaded in red. It's the second largest country in the world and it is ___________of the United States.
What is north?
100
Geography is the study of the planet in this picture. 
What is EARTH?
100
This word means plants that grow in an area. Trees, bushes, grasses, and flowers would all be examples of this.
What is vegetation?
100
TRUE or FALSE: Natural resources are materials found in nature used to make things for people.
What is true?
200
This region is warm most of the year. It's perfect for growing fruits such as oranges and grapefruits. It's home to states like Florida, Georgia, and Alabama.
What is the Southeast?
200
This map shows how many people live in certain areas. 
What is a population map?
200
The world is full of large pieces of land called continents. How many continents are on Earth?
What is 7?
200
HUGE bodies of water known as these surround Canada from the west, north, and east. 
What are oceans?
200
The typical weather in an area over a long period of time is known as this.
What is climate?
200
TRUE OR FALSE: Ottawa is the capital of Mexico. 
What is false? Ottawa is the capital city of Canada.
300
Home to the Grand Canyon and mountains, this region has four US States.
What is the Southwest?
300
This state is east of North Dakota.
What is Minnesota?
300
Used to make furniture, paper, and homes, this natural resource is very important to places like Canada and the United States.
What are trees?
300
The area shown in red is the largest oil producing state in the United States of America. It's also home to the Houston Astros baseball team.
What is Texas?
300
In the United States, Florida is the best example of a piece of land that is mostly surrounded by water known as this. 
What is a peninsula?
300
TRUE OR FALSE: Humidity is the amount of carbon dioxide found in the air. 
What is false? Humidity is the amount of water vapor found in the air. 
400
New York, Maine, Pennsylvania, and Vermont are some of the states in this region. It has many large cities and is home to four of the GREAT LAKES.
What is the NORTHEAST?
400
If you want to know how high the land is above sea level, you should probably use this type of map.
What is an elevation map?
400
This natural resource is a mineral that is used to make steel. The best place to find it is right in Minnesota!
What is iron ore?
400
This country in North America brought us the Spanish Language and tacos. It's also shaped like a giant fish hook. 
What is Mexico?
400
These unique landforms are found mostly in the Southwest United States. They are high, flat areas of land.
What are plateaus?
400
TRUE OR FALSE: Both globes and maps of the world show land and water. 
What is true?
500
This region touches the Pacific Ocean. It's known for having both the wettest and driest places in the country.
What is the WEST?
500
To see where mountains, rivers, plains, and plateaus are, you'll need to get a map that shows shapes on Earth's surface called a _______________.
What is a physical map?
500
This little island in the Caribbean Sea is a commonwealth, or territory, of the United States.
What is Puerto Rico?
500
If you try to flatten out a globe, the map is changed, which is known as this.
What is a distortion?
500
Land that gets little or no rain in a desert is this.
What is arid?
500
TRUE OR FALSE: Washington, DC, is the capital city of the United States of America and Minneapolis is the capital city of Minnesota. 
What is false? Washington, DC, is the capital city of the United States, but ST. PAUL is the capital of Minnesota, not Minneapolis.