this continent located directly south of Europe and has countries like Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa?
What is Africa?
100
located along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. It is broad lowland providing many excellent harbors.
What is coastal plain?
100
is the name of the river that runs along the border between Texas and Mexico
What is Rio Grande?
200
The name for lines of longitude
What is Meridians ?
200
the indicator of direction on the map
What is Compass Rose?
200
located at the South Pole
What is Antarctica?
200
is located west of Coastal Plain extending from eastern Canada to western Alabama, includes the Piedmont. Is old, eroded mountains (oldest in North America).
What is Appalachian Mountains?
200
is the acronym for the Great Lakes
What is HOMES?
300
the imaginary lines that run east to west and separate the northern and southern hemispheres on a map?
What is Lines of Latitude?
300
What are 4 cardinal directions?
What is North, East, South and West?
300
continent that contains the United States, Mexico and Canada
What is North America?
300
is wrapped around the Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape, has hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers, and holds some of the oldest rock formations in North America
What is Canadian shield?
300
water feature that was explored by Lewis and Clark
What is The Columbia River?
400
the imaginary lines that run north to south and separate the western and eastern hemispheres?
What is Lines of Longitude?
400
used to indicate distance and is the best estimator of how far two places are on a map?
What is Scale?
400
located south of North America, holds countries like Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela
What is South America?
400
is located west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Great Plains and has rolling flatlands with many rivers, broad river valleys and grassy hills
What is Interior Lowlands?
400
the water feature that served as the highway for explorers, early settlers and later immigrants
What is The Atlantic Ocean?
500
the name of the land feature that is located at 44 degrees North and 74 degrees West in the United States?
What is Adirondak Mountains?
500
What are two types of maps? One shows states, capitals and boundaries between areas and the others show an area's geographic features.
What is Physical and Political?
500
continent that houses China, Japan and Hong Kong. It is east of Europe and northwest of Australia
What is Asia?
500
is located west of Rocky Mountains and east of the Sierra Nevadas and the Cascades and the area of varying elevations containing isolated mountain ranges and Death Valley, the lowest point in North America
What is Basin and Range?
500
the water features that served as the transportation arteries for farm and industrial products. They were links to ports and other parts of the world.