Map Skills
Landforms
Weather & Climate
Culture & Migration
North America
100
What part of the map tells us what the map is about?
The title
100
What landform is shown in this picture?
A mountain
100
What is weather?
What the temperature and conditions are like outside today
100
What are some elements of your culture?
Language, traditions, holidays, foods
100
What 3 countries make up North America?
The United States of America, Canada, Mexico
200
What is the symbol that has North, South, East, and West on it?
Compass Rose
200
What landform is this?
plains/grasslands
200
What is climate?
The average temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, etc over a long period of time.
200
What is migration?
When people move from one place to another
200
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What states border Texas?
New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas
300
What does a physical map show us?
Physical features like mountains, rivers, lakes, and plains
300
What type of landform is this?
A peninsula
300
What are some examples of weather or natural disasters?
Tornadoes, hurricanes, flood, droughts
300
What are push and pull factors when people are migrating?
Push: bad things that make them want to leave
Pull: good things that make them want to go to that country/place
300
What type of government does the United States have?
Democracy, people vote for the leaders
400
What are the lines that run parallel (flat) across the map called?
Lines of Latitude
400
What landform is the small strip of water that separates these two continents?
A strait
400
Why is important to know the climate about a place?
So you know how people live in that environment.
Example: Most Texans DON'T own ski gear because it does not snow in our climate.
400
How can culture change or spread?
People share their ideas with others, the internet, travel, marrying people of other cultures
400
What is the major event that allowed the US to break away from England?
American Revolution
Declaration of Independence
500
What are the lines that run up and down (long) on a map?
Lines of longitude
500
What happens when the plate tectonics move or rub together?
It can create mountains, cause earthquakes, or open valleys
500
What can impact the climate of a place?
How far it is from the equator (distance from the sun)
Air Masses (hot air masses bring wet weather, cold air masses bring dry weather)
Mountains (elevation or the rain shadow effect)
500
What is an example of how American culture has spread to other parts of the world?
Possible examples: McDonalds are all over the world
People listen to American music and watch movies made in America
People around the world dress like Americans
500
Who is the symbolic leader of Canada, even though they have no real power?
King Charles of England
(Used to be Queen Elizabeth until last year RIP)