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What are the cardinal directions?
North, South, East, and West
Which of MAJOR physical features runs through the countries of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina?
Andes Mountains
What is absolute location?
the precise point where a place is located on Earth
How many states were there in 1820?
22
What is the birthday of when Kansas was admitted to the union?
January 29, 1861
What does a map key do?
A map key explains the symbols, provides a scale, and usually identifies the type of map
Explain a push factor
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What is the axis?
An imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole through the center of Earth
What issue threatened to tear the nation apart by the mid-1800’s?
Slavery
Where did Kansas get its name?
the Kansa Native American tribe
What feature of a map shows direction?
A compass rose
What is the name of a pattern of weather over a long period of time?
Climate
What is distortion?
A change in the shape, size, or position of a place when it is shown on a map
Who were Jayhawkers?
Antislavery fighters
How many stars are on the KS flag, and why?
34 --- 34th State
Give an example of a relative location
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Which term describes people from other countries who enter the United States to start new lives?
Immigrants
The meridian of longitude located at 180º. By international agreement, the date is one day earlier to the east of this line.
What are two compromises reached in the 1800s to address tensions over slavery in the United States?
The Missouri Compromise, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the Compromise of 1850
"Ad astra per aspera" is the latin phrase on the Kansas seal on the state flag. What does "ad astra per aspera mean?"
to the stars through difficulties
A system of imaginary lines that divides up the space on a map
Map Grid
What is the definition of a brain drain?
The loss of good students who attend college in other countries
What is a revolution?
One complete trip by Earth around the sun
Self-government is subject to what limitations?
the US Constitution
Which historic Act opened Kansas lands to white settlers and decided whether Kansas would allow or prohibit slavery?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act