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World Map
Vocabulary
USA Map
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
100
Which country touches the USA's northern border?
What is Canada
100
An imaginary line that follows the curve of the Earth and represents the shortest distance between two points.
What are Great Circle Routes
100
What state is directly north of Texas border?
What is Oklahoma
100
Great circle routes are useful because they indicate actual __________ between two locations.
What is distance
100
_____________ are people who study the atmosphere and weather patterns.
What is a meteorologist
200
Alaska is _________ of the rest of the United States?
What is North
200
The exact position of a place on the Earth's surface found using degrees of latitude and longitude.
What is Absolute Location
200
What state is directly West of the Texas Border?
What is New Mexico
200
The North Pole is ___________ degrees North and the South Pole is __________ degrees South.
What is 90 & 90
200
A ___________ has distinguishing characteristics defined by its features and surroundings.
What is Place
300
Which country touches the USA's southern border?
What is Mexico
300
A way of looking at the human and physical patterns on Earth and their relationships to one another.
What is Spatial Perspective
300
How many states are in the United States of America?
What is 50
300
___________ lines also called Meridians are lines that connect the North and South Poles.
What is Longitude
300
Day to day humans use ________ location.
What is Relative
400
If you were in Europe and went south which continent would you end up in?
What is Africa
400
A mathematical formula used to represent the curved surface of the Earth on a flat surface of a map.
What is Map Projection
400
What state touches the North Eastern border of Texas?
What is Arkansas
400
The purpose of a map is identified by the map's ___________.
What is Title
400
There are _______ types of regions.
What is Three
500
Which ocean touches Africa's western border?
What is the Atlantic Ocean
500
The height of a land surface above the level of the sea.
What is Elevation
500
What state touches the Eastern border of Texas?
What is Louisiana
500
The ________________ is used to determine the exact or absolute location of something on Earth.
What is Global Positioning System or GPS
500
_________ systems are things such as climate, land, water, plants and animal life.
What is Physical