Vocabulary
5 Themes of Geography
Map Skills
Regions and Climate of PA
Hodge Podge
100
A wide area of high, flat land
What is a plateau
100
A theme of geography about how we find a place on Earth
What is location?
100
This part of a map tells you what the map is about
What is the title?
100
What type of climate does Pennsylvania have
What is moderate?
100
Philadelphia is what kind of port city? River port, Ocean port, or Lake port
What is ocean port?
200
A picture or mark that stands for something
What is a symbol?
200
A theme of geography in which people, goods, or ideas are transferred places
What is movement?
200
This latitude line splits the world into North and South
What is the equator?
200
Philadelphia is part of what Pennsylvania Region
What is the Atlantic Coastal Plain?
200
Erie is what kind of port city? River port, Ocean port, or Lake port
What is Lake Port?
300
A small river or stream that flows into a larger river
What is a tributary?
300
A theme of geography that notes features that make areas different from one another
What is a place?
300
Use your book page 23 to tell the approximate absolute location of Erie Pennsylvania
What is 42 degrees North latitude, 80 degrees West longitude
300
How many regions does Pennsylvania have?
What is 5?
300
This groundhog tells you that there may be 6 more weeks of winter
Who is Punxsutawney Phil?
400
The exact spot where a place can be found
What is an absolute location?
400
A theme of geography that organize places into things that they share in common
What are regions?
400
Using the map on page 23, what city in Pennsylvania is located at approximately 40 degrees North latitude, 76.5 degrees West longitude
What is Lancaster, PA
400
Besides distance from the equator, what 2 factors influence Pennsylvania's climate?
What is elevation and distance from large water bodies?
400
Which is an example of a natural resource- water or house
What is water?
500
The study of Earth and its people, plants and animals living on it
What is geography?
500
A theme of geography telling about how people use the land and resources and possibly change them
What is human-environmental interaction?
500
Using the map on Page 31, what river port city is located along the Susquehanna River
What is Harrisburg
500
An area where houses and businesses are more spread out, like Glenside, PA
What is a suburb?
500
This process allows things to be reused to save our natural resources of our state
What is recycling?
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