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compares distance on a map to actual distance on land
scale
Mountains, rivers, and oceans form these types of boundaries.
Natural boundaries
Country
things found in nature that are useful to people.
natural resources
What is the study of the land, where places are located on the land, and how people use and change the land called?
Geography
Continents
a feature that has to do with the way people live.
cultural characteristics
Busy cities, with large buildings, stores, apartments, and homes are __________.
urban
Which land region is the most populated?
Puget Sound Lowlands
List all 5 Land Regions in Washington State
Coastal Range, Puget Sound Lowlands, Cascade Mountains, Columbia Plateau, Rocky Mountain
physical characteristics
Compass
Cascade Mountains
Which side of Washington has a drier climate (eastern or western)?
Eastern
A part of a country that makes some of its own laws, a political region of a country.
State
on a map, a key to the meaning of the symbols
legend
All the people who live in a particular area
population
what the weather is like year after year in a particular region/place.
Climate
a natural feature of the land.
landforms
Boundaries decided by government leaders, only seen on maps.
Political boundaries
What is the name of the volcano that erupted in Washington State in 1980?
a place is called ___________ when there are only a few homes and a lot of open land, such as farmland.
Rural
How high the land is above the level of the ocean
elevation
Which land region has its soil as one of its most valuable resources?
Columbia Plateau