Location
Lines that run from East to West around the globe. The most well known is the Equator.
Lines of latitude
A large, steep area of land that usually rises more that 1,000 feet
Mountain
The largest mountain range on the east coast
Appalachian Mountains
What are the four main land regions of the United States?
Northeast, South, Midwest, West
What is a large flowing body of water moving across land emptying into another.
What is a river?
What is the most well known line of longitude called?
The Prime Meridian
What is the height of land above the sea level?
What is Elevation
The largest mountain range on the west coast
Rocky Mountains
Southwest
What is a large area of water surrounded by land not flowing like a river?
What is a lake?
A low area of land between taller landforms
Valley
What mountain stretches from New Mexico to Canada?
What is the Rocky Mountains
Which two regions do the Appalachian Mountains pass through?
Northeast and Southeast
What is a river, canal, or other body of water that boats and ships can travel on?
What is a Waterway?
What are the five oceans?
Pacific, Atlantic, Southern, Indian, Arctic
What is a group or chain of mountains connected together?
What is range
What mountain runs from Alabama to Maine?
What is the Appalachian Mountains.
Which region contains the Great Plains?
Midwest
What is the Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario?
What are the Great Lakes?
Lines of latitude and longitude can be used to find _____________ location.
absolute
What is the long, flowing, that connects the middle of the U.S. used for riverboats and barges?
What is the Mississippi river?
Describe each The Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains.
What is sharp and steep?
What is round and smooth
Which region contains all three climate zones and many types of landforms?
West
What is the exchange of goods and services often using routes like rivers and lakes for transportation?
What is trade?