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Climate
Location
Landforms/Waterways
Highland/Lowlands
Political Units
100
The pattern of weather that a place experiences over a long period of time.
What is Climate?
100
An exact location on the earth's surface is known as this.
What is Absolute Location?
100
A natural feature on the earth's surface.
What is a Landform?
100
A large area of flat highland.
What is a Plateau?
100
Political unit within a nation with clearly defined borders, its own government, and its own constitution.
What is a State?
200
Most of the regions of the United States have this type of climate.
What is Temperate Climate?
200
These lines of latitude and longitude divide the earth into hemispheres.
What are the Equator and Prime Meridian?
200
A stream or small river that flows into a larger river.
What is a Tributary?
200
The largest wetland system in the United States.
What are the Everglades?
200
An area of the country that is neither a state nor part of a state.
What is a Territory?
300
Elevation, nearby bodies of water, and distance from the equator.
What are the factors that determine climate?
300
The United States is located on these hemispheres.
What are the North and Western hemispheres?
300
This waterway stretches for more than 1000 miles from Norfolk, Virginia to Miami, Florida.
What is the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway?
300
Large areas of flat land with few trees.
What is a plain?
300
A U.S. territory with its own constitution and government but receives its powers from the U.S. Congress and all U.S. laws apply. Puerto Rico is one.
What is a Commonwealth?
400
Alaska, Southern Florida, and Hawaii experience this type of climate.
What are Extreme climates?
400
An area of land defined by political boundaries and under the authority of a specific government.
What is a Nation?
400
Huron, Michigan, Erie, Superior, Ontario.
What are the Great Lakes?
400
The western central lowlands located west of the Mississippi River and extend from the Canadian to the Mexican border.
What are the Great Plains?
400
A special area called the District of Columbia that is located on the Potomac River between Virginia and Maryland and is the U.S. capital.
What is Washington D.C.?
500
Cold weather most of the year, with large amounts of snowfall.
What is Subarctic climate?
500
A location that is in relation to another landmark.
What is Relative Location?
500
The largest river that flows into the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Columbia River?
500
The oldest mountain range on the North American continent that stretches for more than 2000 miles from eastern Canada to Alabama.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
500
Largely independent nations but received diplomatic or military protections against powers that were rivals of the U.S.
What is a Protectorate?