Where I'm From
700 N. Lombard Street
What is the address of The Bancroft School?
California is located on the West coast of the United States. Its coast is along the _________ ________.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
WI is the abbreviation of this state.
What is Wisconsin?
If a map has a Compass Rose, these 4 directions will be on it. (on the compass rose) *Must name all 4.
What are North, South, East, and West?
(must name all 4)
If a map does not have a Compass Rose on it, then we have to assume that the top of a map represents this direction.
What is North?
New Jersey is located across the Delaware River from this state.
What is Pennsylvania?
Las Vegas is called the City That Never Sleeps, and is located in this state.
What is Nevada?
Michael Jordan played for the Chicago Bulls. The city of Chicago is located in this state.
What is Illinois?
Maps usually have some form of measurement that shows the distance as it is measured on a smaller level.
What is scale?
Maps can show population density, geographic features, political districts, depths of bays and oceans, countries and continents, and more...
True or False
What is TRUE?
These states, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland are all part of the
_____ -_____ region of the United States.
What is the Mid-Atlantic region?
Denver, Colorado is called the "Mile High City" because it's located 1 mile above...
What is sea level?
This state is located between Ohio and Illinois.
Is it: Nebraska, Kansas, Indiana, Iowa, or Minnesota?
What is Indiana?
Maps of the world or our planet are not correct because they are_________________
This continent on a globe is more than 1o x bigger than Greenland (whereas on a map, they look to be the same size).
What is Africa?
The continent of North America consists of these three countries, Canada, the United States, and _____________.
What is Mexico?
Both California and Alaska saw people rush to move there in the 1800s because this precious mineral was discovered.
What is gold?
Chicago, Illinois is located along this lake that has the same name as a neighboring state.
What is Michigan? (Lake Michigan)
What is the Equator?
When using a map you can see symbols grouped together. These symbols may be grouped together to help you find where a hospital, school, or emergency phone is located. This part of a map is called a _____________ of _____________
What is a KEY or LEGEND ?
Approximately 990,000 people live in this Mid-Atlantic region state.
What is Delaware?
With a population of approximately 600,000 people, this Western state is larger than Delaware but has fewer people living in it than Delaware.
Hint: you have to drive some ways sometimes to see any neighbors.
North Dakota sits atop South Dakota, which sits atop
Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, or Missouri?
What is Nebraska?
A frozen continent, where people only live to do research.
What is Antartica?
This cartographer used math to create squares and then lines called longitude and latitude. His name is is _______________ or his maps are called
___________ maps.
Who is Mercator?