What is a Landform?
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Geography Misc.
Where in the World?
Map Skills 101
100

A path of water that flows into another water source.

What is a river?

100

Why do you think rivers and valleys are important? (Think back to your readings)

Answers vary

100

A piece of land much higher than its surrounding area...

What is a mountain?

100

The biggest continent in the world...

What is Asia?

100

On a map: tells you what each symbol means?

What is a legend/key?

200
a large area of flat or gently rolling land
What is a plain.
200

Why would water be a good benefit to ancient civilizations?

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200

A large body of land that is smaller than a continent.

What is a subcontinent?

200

Name 2 continents that are islands. 

What is Australia and Antarctica?

200

On map this tells what the map is about.

What is a title? 

300
land surrounded by water on 3 sides
What is a penninsula
300
area of lowland between hills or mountains
What is a valley
300
An imaginary line that divides the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

What is the Prime Meridian?

300

The biggest ocean in the world that appears om both sides of a flat map...

What is the Pacific Ocean ?

300

How many continents and oceans are there? 

What is 7 and 5

400
a narrow strip of land that has water on both sides and joins two larger pieces of land
What is a isthmus
400

What is a benefit of an island?

ANSWERS VARY- teacher discretion  
400

This imaginary line that divides the Northern and Southern Hemisphere.

What is the equator?

400

The ocean on the east side of North America...

What is the Atlantic Ocean?

400

A flat representation of part of the world.

What is a map?
500

A low area of land formed between hills or mountains.

What is a Valley?

500

Explain why you think Rivers are important. 

Answers vary. 

500

An isthmus connects two larger areas of land. 

Give an example. 

Connecting North and South America

500

An example of a subcontinent would be....

What is India?

500

On a map: this represents the distance between 2 locations.

What is a scale?