Landforms
Vocabulary
Vocabulary 2
Map Skills
The United States
100
a shallow place in a waterway that is easy to cross
What is a ford?
100
Something that is found in nature that is useful to people.
What is a natural resource?
100
A lake is an example of this.
What is a physical feature?
100
The part of the map we should read first.
What is the title?
100
This state borders Minnesota to the east.
What is Wisconsin?
200
A place where ships can stay safe from high waves and strong winds.
What is a harbor?
200
A boat carries people and goods over water.
What is a ferry?
200
A community in which buying and selling goods is the main work.
What is a trade center?
200
This shows the cardinal and intermediate directions on a map.
What is a compass rose?
200
The largest river in the United States.
What is the Mississippi River?
300
A large group of mountains.
What is a mountain range?
300
A resource such as oil or coal.
What is fuel?
300
To make something.
What is manufacture?
300
Lines that are drawn on a map to show where one state or country ends and another begins.
What is a border?
300
This country borders the United States to the south.
What is Mexico?
400
A piece of land that has water almost all the way around it.
What is a peninsula?
400
A place where the leaders of a country meet and work.
What is a capital city?
400
A person who grows crops.
What is a farmer?
400
On a map, this symbol usually marks the state capital.
What is a star?
400
The two largest mountain ranges in the United States.
What are the Appalachian and the Rocky Mountains?
500
The landform between a hill and a mountain range.
What is a valley?
500
The building where lawmakers meet.
What is a capitol?
500
Gold is an example of this.
What is a mineral?
500
We use this part of the map to help us measure the distance from one place to the next.
What is a map scale?
500
This nation borders the United States to the north.
What is Canada?
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