Latitude &Longitude
What are the lines on a map that run side to side?
Latitude lines
This will help you better understand the great diversity of the country's geography.
dividing the United States into smaller regions
What are physical features of the Earth's surface (ex: mountains, canyons, or plains)
landforms
What is the pattern of weather over a long period of time?
climate
What is a system of producing and selling goods and services?
An economy
What are the lines on a map that run top to bottom?
Longitude lines
These allow geographers to look at physical and human features of an area.
maps
These help geographers identify and describe landforms and waterways by their different sizes and shapes.
maps and aerial photographs
What are things that affect weather patterns and climate?
Geography - closeness to the equator (warmer), places in the mountains (cooler), closeness to large bodies of water (cooler)
People here earn their wages in agriculture, manufacturing, cars, and drilling for oil.
Southeast
This is the term for the exact location on a map where the two lines meet?
coordinates
These are tools geographers use to show geographic data.
maps, satellite images, globes, and charts/graphs
What is flat, dry, and covered in grasses as far as the eye can see?
The Great Plains
Where do natural resources come from?
the environment
This can be used to study population.
Geography
This map tool indicates the four directions: north, south, east, and west.
compass rose
This state is the northern-most state, reaching all the way up to the Arctic Circle.
Alaska
The water from this place fans out to meet the Gulf of Mexico.
Mississippi River
What are the two types of natural resources?
renewable and non-renewable
What is a key resource that impacts population?
This map tool shows the distance between two points on the map in relation to the actual distance on Earth.
map scale
This state is not part of what's called the continental United States.
Hawaii
What forces help create the great variety of landforms and waterways in the United States?
volcanoes, earthquakes, water wearing away a rock, ice glaciers growing and retreating across the land
What do natural resources include?
plants, animals, water, and more
What was the most populous (most population) U.S. city in 2016?
New York