Map Skills
The part of the a map that shows direction
What is a compass or compass rose?
This territory in Canada is found in the far north.
Nunavut, Yukon Territory or Northwest territory
The most important source of income for islands in the Caribbean
tourism
Andes Mountains
Mountain range that separates the Northern European Plain and the West Siberian Plain
Ural Mountains
Lines found on a globe are called
Latitude and Longitude
Where most people in Canada live
Near the US border
A type of caribbean music
calypso, reggae, merengue, ska, soca
The largest river basin on Earth
Amazon River basin
Half of the land in is Russia is col
permafrost
The line of latitude found at 0 degrees
Equator
Where the lost boys came from
Sudan
The water route that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Panama Canal
One of the achievements of the Inca
terraced farming, irrigation canals, suspension bridges, Machu Picchu
The shrinking sea in this region
Aral Sea
Half of the earth
Hemisphere
People who live in garbage dumps in Mexico City are part of this group
poor, have-nots, poverty,
Costa Rica promotes this type of tourism to draw visitors to their country
ecotourism
The Nasca left these geometric designs behind on the ground
Geoglyphs
The leader that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union
5 of the 7 continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Antarctica, North America, South America, Europe
castle-like houses, cars, security, gardens,
This country has been facing challenges since they gained independence from France
Haiti
Type of agriculture used by the lowland people
slash-and-burn agriculture
The worst nuclear disaster in history
Chernobyl