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Basic U.S. Geography
Reading a Map
100
Land completely surrounded by water
What is an island?
100
Part of a body of water that extends into the land.
What is a bay?
100
Narrow piece of land connecting two larger pieces of land
What is an isthmus?
100
The east coast of the USA borders this ocean.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
100
Measures the distance of parallels from the Equator or meridians from the Prime Meridian
What are degrees?
200
Curved or pointed part of a coastine that sticks out into the water.
What is a cape?
200
Part of a body of water that extends into the land; larger than a bay
What is a gulf?
200
Raised area of land, usually with steep sides; the highest landforms
What is a mountain?
200
The west coast of the USA borders this ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
200
Exact spot found by using latitude and longitude
What is absolute location?
300
Land beside a sea or an ocean
What is a coast?
300
Body of water completely surrounded by land; usually fresh water
What is a lake?
300
Narrow piece of land sticking out into water and surrounded by water on three sides
What is a peninsula?
300
On the south, the US borders this country.
What is Mexico?
300
Imaginary east-west lines in the grid measuring the distance north and south of the Equator
What is latitude?
400
Land built up at the mouth of a river
What is a delta?
400
Place where a river empties into a larger body of water
What is a mouth of a river?
400
Flat or gently rolling land, usually not far above sea level
What is a plain?
400
On the north, between mainland US and Alaska, is this country.
What is Canada?
400
Imaginary North-South lines that pass through the Poles. They measure distance east and west of the Prime Meridian
What is longitude?
500
A deep, narrow valley with steep sides
What is a canyon?
500
A small stream of water that flows through the land feeding into a river
What is a tributary?
500
Flat or gently rolling land higher than the surrounding land
What is a plateau?
500
This continent contains the USA.
What is North America?
500
The pattern of lines that circle the globe in east-west and north-south directions
What is a grid?