Geography Skills
Lines of parallels that circle the earth parallel to the equator
What is Latitude
The ball of gas that is 109x wider than Earth
The Sun
Most people live in these areas in the U.S. and Canada
What are urban area
This is 4000 miles long, runs through South America, and is the worlds 2nd largest
What is the Amazon River
The climate type of the Tropical rainforest
What is Tropical Climate
Every place on earth lies on this
Irregularly shaped planet like objects that reside in the asteroid belt
What are asteroids
8 people per sq mile in Canada and 78 per sq people in U.S.
What is Population Density
People from these two areas in Europe settled most of Latin America
Where are Spain and Portugal
This percent of the world's population lives in the U.S. or Canada
What is 5%
Winkel Tripel, Robinson, Goode's Interrupted, and Mercator all are representations of
What are Map Projections
Earths most visible landmasses
The continents
This country gave up much of its territory in North America to the U.S.
What is France
The Llanos and Pampas are what kind of area that Gauchos live/work on
What are Grasslands
The last state acquired in the U.S.
What is Hawaii
The marker on a map that indicates directions
What is a Compass Rose
Sudden movement of plates along the fault line. Rocks snap/shift
What are earthquakes
This mountain range connects the U.S. and Canada
The Rocky Mountains
Minerals, forests, oil and farmland are all what things that Latin America has
What are Natural Resources
This covers 1/3 of South America and has the most plant/animal species in the world
What is the Amazon Basin/Rainforest
Where latitude and longitude lines meet
What is Absolute Location
Movement of dust, sand and soil from one place to another, can be devastating in dry areas
What is Wind Erosion
a city with a population of 50,000 or more
The Aztecs, Incas and Mayans are ancestors of these kinds of people in Latin America
Who are Native Americans
South Americans live on this portion of South America
What is the outer rim
What is a Physical Map
Oceans make up this percent of earths water
What is 97%
These mountains are heavily eroded, and North America's oldest mountain range
What are the Appalachian Mountains
Latin America Makes up this percent of the worlds population
What is 9%
At all times, this effects climate
What is elevation
This shows the relationship between map measurements and actual distance
What is the Scale Bar
The imaginary line on Earth running from the North to South pole
What is Axis
People came over from Europe to colonize America and Canada in this time period
What is the 1500's
Most Latin Americans speak at least this many languages
What is 2
This famous explorer began the exploration of Latin America
Who is Christopher Columbus
This is the scale model of the earth. It is round like the earth
What is a Globe
The climate of deserts and steppe
What is Dry Climate
The U.S. and Canada are both this kind of government
What is a democracy
These countries in Latin America have the highest population density
What are the Caribbean
Lines that go up and down around the earth
What is Longitude