Continents
Oceans
Geography Terms
Regions of the US
Unit 1 Vocab
100
This continent contains countries such as Mexico, Canada, and the United States
What is North America?
100
This ocean the second largest of the world's five oceanic divisions and covers approximately 17% of Earth's surface area.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
100
This line divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres
What is the Equator?
100
This region is located along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. It contains broad lowlands which provide excellent harbors.
What is the Southeast/Gulf Coast?
100
Distance above sea level.
What is elevation?
200
This continent contains countries such as Brazil, Argentina, and Peru.
What is South America?
200
This is the largest and deepest of the Earth's five oceans.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
200
These imaginary lines run east to west and measure the north/south position of a location on Earth.
What is Latitude?
200
This region is located west of the Interior Lowlands and East of the Rocky Mountains. It is made up of grassy flatlands that gradually increase in elevation westward.
What is the Great Plains?
200
The average weather conditions for a particular location over a long period of time.
What is Climate?
300
This continent contains countries like Nigeria, Ghana, and Morocco
What is Africa?
300
This is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five oceans. it is also the coldest ocean.
What is the Arctic Ocean?
300
This word is used to describe one half of the earth. There are Northern and Southern, and eastern and western.
What are hemispheres?
300
This region includes the Great Lakes and covers states like New York, Ohio, and Michigan. It is known for its temperate forests and abundant wildlife.
What is the Eastern Woodlands/Northeast?
300
Processing raw materials and manufacturing/creating goods in factories.
What is industry?
400
This continent contains countries such as France, Germany, and Spain
What is Europe?
400
This Ocean is the third largest of the world's five oceans. it is bounded by Asia to the North, Africa to the West, and Australia to the East.
What is the Indian Ocean?
400
These imaginary lines run north to south and measures distance east to west.
What is longitude?
400
This region is located along the Rio Grande and stretches into Mexico. It contains Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of California.
What is the Southwest Desert?
400
The number of people in a single area.
What is population?
500
This continent contains countries such as China, Russia, and India
What is Asia?
500
Also known as the Antarctic Ocean, this ocean is the southernmost ocean encircling Antarctica.
What is the Southern Ocean?
500
This line divides the earth into Western and Eastern Hemispheres and is the starting point for measuring distance East to West around the earth
What is the Prime Meridian?
500
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This Region is located west of the Rocky Mountains and East of the Coastal Range. It has varying elevations with isolated mountain ranges and Death Valley, the lowest point in North America.
What is the Great Basin?
500
The makeup of the physical features of an area.
What is topography?