Map Skills
Geography Basics
Physical Geography
Identify the Country/Region
Human Geography
Governments & Political Systems
Central America & Caribbean Geography
South America Geography
North America Geography
100
This type of map shows boundaries like countries and states.
political map
100
Physical geography primarily focuses on…
Examining landforms and geological processes.
100
This type of plate boundary occurs where two plates move apart.
What is a divergent boundary?
100
Identify country D
El Salvador
100
The spread of cultural traits from one society to another is called this.
What is cultural diffusion?
100
A government ruled by a king or queen is called this.
monarchy
100
This narrow strip of land connects North and South America and is home to a famous canal.
What is the Isthmus of Panama?
100
his mountain range runs along the western edge of South America.
What are the Andes Mountains?
100
This desert is located in the southwestern United States, known for its extreme heat.
What is the Mojave Desert?
200
This map element explains the symbols and colors used on the map.
map key or legend
200
Which type of region has clear boundaries and specific characteristics that set them apart?
formal region
200
Mountains are commonly formed at this type of plate boundary.
What is a convergent boundary?
200
Identify country E
Bolivia
200
These are reasons people leave their homes, often negative ones like natural disasters.
What are push factors?
200
This system has a king or queen with powers limited by laws.
constitutional monarchy
200
What Costa Rican biome is pictured here?
Monteverde Cloud Forest
200
This large rainforest covers much of northern South America and is the world's largest tropical rainforest.
What is the Amazon Rainforest?
200
These Canadian provinces border the Atlantic Ocean and are known collectively by this name.
What are the Maritime Provinces?
300
The lines on a map that run east to west but measure north-south position.
latitude
300
This theme of geography studies the spread of people, goods, and ideas.
What is movement?
300
The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of this type of boundary.
What is a transform boundary?
300
Identify the region marked as C
Gran Chaco
300
An economic system where supply and demand determine production and prices.
What is a free market economy?
300
A government where citizens elect representatives to make decisions and laws is called this.
republic
300
These water filled caves are found in the Yucatán Peninsula and were sacred to the Maya.
What are cenotes?
300
These famous ruins in Peru are remnants of the Inca civilization.
What is Machu Picchu?
300
This river forms part of the border between the U.S. and Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande?
400
The type of map that shows elevation and landforms using contour lines.
topographic map
400
This theme of geography looks at how humans adapt to or modify their environment.
What is human-environment interaction?
400
A large flat elevated landform is called this.
What is a plateau?
400
Identify the capital city marked as C
Tehran
400
This economic system combines elements of free markets with government regulation.
What is a mixed economy?
400
A government where one person holds all power, often by force.
dictatorship
400
This Maya civilization is famous for this ancient city with a large pyramid.
What is Chichen Itza?
400
This is the name for the dry grassland region located in parts of Argentina, Paraguay, and Bolivia.
What is the Gran Chaco?
400
This mountain range is the continental divide in North America.
What are the Rocky Mountains?
500
This tool on a map helps you find direction (north, south, east, west).
compass rose
500
This theme of geography describes the physical and human characteristics that make a location unique.
What is place?
500
This deep, narrow valley with steep sides is often carved by a river over time.
What is a canyon?
500
Identify region A
Bahamas
500
These are factors that attract people to move to a new place, such as job opportunities or better living conditions.
What are pull factors?
500
This type of government gives power to the people to directly vote on laws
democracy
500
These two ancient indigenous group were the first inhabitants of the Caribbean islands before European arrival.
Taino and Kalinago
500
This vast salt flat in Bolivia is one of the largest in the world and a major source of lithium.
What is the Salar de Uyuni?
500
This trade agreement replaced NAFTA and includes the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.
What is USMCA?
600
The exact point where a place is found on Earth using coordinates is called this.
absolute location
600
When two tectonic plates move apart, it is a…
Divergent boundary
600
A landmass created by tectonic plate collision is usually a…
Mountain
600
Identify region A
Cordillera
600
Shared patterns of behaviors, beliefs, and values passed down.
Culture
600
In which economic system does the government control the entire economy?
Command economy
600
What two civilizations dominated Central America before the arrival of Europeans?
Maya and Aztecs
600
What best completes the process seen here?
Observes finches and other organisms in the Galapagos Islands.
600
Which region of Canada is nicknamed the “Breadbasket of Canada”?
Canadian Prairie
700
Which tool on a map helps you measure actual distance?
Map scale
700
This term describes the long-term average weather patterns of a region.
What is climate?
700
These large masses of ice move slowly over land.
What are glaciers?
700
Identify the major landform in region D
Appalachian Mountains
700
A population pyramid shaped like a triangle with a wide base shows what?
The population is growing.
700
Canada is still part of a Commonwealth led by
Great Britain
700
Which geographic feature stretches over 600 miles and provides a habitat for many fish and organisms but is threatened by coral bleaching and pollution?
Mesoamerican Reef
700
· Capital: La Paz
· Population: 12 million
· Landlocked nation
· Home to Salar de Uyuni salt flats
Which country is described by the information above?
Bolivia
700
Which North American region includes the Great Salt Lake, the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and Great Basin?
Western United States
800
This map is an example of a...
Functional region
800
What geographic feature connects two larger landmasses with water on both sides?
Isthmus
800
This natural event, involving strong winds and heavy rain, common in the Caribbean can push people to relocate.
What is a hurricane?
800
Identify the region marked as B
Greater Antilles
800
Which country is the more developed nation?
B
800
This is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark.
Greenland
800
Which country is described below?
Belize
800
Identify country A
Venezuela
800
This mountain range is known as the North American Continental Divide.
Rocky Mountains
900
This map of El Salvador is best described as a
Political Map
900
What best explains why volcanoes and earthquakes occur in Central America?
Tectonic plate boundaries.
900
Mount Roraima is an example of a…
Tepui
900
Identify the country marked as E
Puerto Rico
900
Where does most of Canada’s population live?
Near the US border
900
This country is a constitution-based federal republic with 336 million people.
United States
900
Identify country F
Costa Rica
900
Identify country H
Paraguay
900
Which region includes redwood forests reaching over 300 feet tall?
Pacific Northwest
1000
The world map seen here was created to minimize...
Landmass distortion.
1000
What type of region is based on opinions or feelings rather than set boundaries?
Perceptual region
1000
A deep, narrow valley carved by river erosion is called a…
Canyon
1000
Identify the region marked as F
Lesser Antilles
1000
This region is home to the most populous US city
Mid-Atlantic region
1000
The US aided Panama in gaining independence from this country in exchange for rights to build a canal.
Colombia
1000
What country is described below?
Jamaica
1000
Identify N on the map
Faroe Islands
1000
Identify region B
Canadian Shield