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Landforms of South America
100
What are cardinal directions?
The main 4 direction-North, East, South, West.
100
What are the lines on a map that run north to south?
longitude
100
the tropic of cancer is what degree latitude?
23.5 North
100
What is this called?
key or legend
100
How many votes does a presidential candidate need to win?
270
100
What is the longest river in the world (about 4,345 miles long)?
The Amazon River
200
What are the intermediate directions?
In between the cardinal directions
200
What is zero degrees longitude called?
prime meridian
200
What degree latitude is the warmest place on earth?
equator
200
What is this called?
Cardinal directions
200
What is the definition of a swing state?
A state that is too close to call?
200
What is the driest desert in the world? (Hint-it locatated between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes Mountains)
Atacama Desert
300
What is the key or legend?
A box on a map that has symbols to represent places on the map.
300
the tropic of cancer is what degree latitude?
23.5 North
300
What are the names of Ms. Janson's dogs?
Lulu and Gigi
300
What does this image represent?
intermediate directions
300
What was the life expectancy of migrant farm workers in the 1960's?
49
300
What natural landform is described as a salt flat?
Salar De Uyuni
400
Why does a map need a title?
To tell you the Theme of the map.
400
What degree latitude is the warmest place on earth?
equator
400
Who was the senator who helped Cesar Chavez by interviewing the Sheriff ?
Robert Kennedy
400
What two countries does Lake Titicaca border?
Bolivia and Peru
500
What continent would you find the directions (40 N, 7-W)
North America
500
The Andes mountain range stretches through 7 South American countries, what are the names of those 7 countries?
Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.