Landforms
An area of rich soil to the east of the Appalachian Mountains
Piedmont
What has a series of canals to make it navigable from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
St. Lawrence seaway / St. Lawrence River
Puerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands
Territories of the United States
An Area under the control and protection of another country
Territory
Wide and deep enough for ships to pass
Navigable
Separate the flow of water in United States
Continental Divide
The Largest Great Lakes
Superior
Region with the Pacific Coastal Range
West
Connected by shared borders
contiguous
Deep valley with steep sides
Canyon
Noncontiguous states in the United States
Alaska and Hawaii
Region with the Great Plains
Midwest
Lines on a map that measure degrees north and south
Latitude
Uses data to manage, analyze, and share geographic information
GIS
Appalachian Mountains
How is GIS shared
Maps, graphs, and charts
Region with the Grand Canyon
Southwest
Explains where a place is by comparing it to another place
Relative Location
Tells the exact position of a place on earth
Absolute Location
Large desert in the Southwest Region
Mojave Desert
A large body of water on the Western Coast of the United States
Pacific Ocean
Region with the Atlantic Coastal Region
Northeast, and Southeast
Lines on a map that measure East and West
Longitude
A person who studies geography
Geographer