Area of flat or rolling land, covered mostly by grasses.
What is a prairie.
100
This line divides the northern and southern hemispheres and receives direct sunlight. The closer you are to this line the warmer the climate will usually be.
What is the equator.
100
Tells you the subject of the map.
What is a map title.
100
The ocean that borders North America's east coast.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
200
The climate of the northeastern region of the United States.
What is hot summers, cold winters.
200
The biggest mountain range in the United States. Located in the western part of the country.
What are the Rocky Mountains.
200
These are the three biggest countries in North America.
What is United States, Mexico, and Canada.
200
A part of the map that tells you what different symbols on a map stand for.
What is a map key?
200
The ocean that borders North America's west coast.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
300
The difference between the climate of the northeast and southeast regions and the reason for this difference.
What is the southeast is warmer because it is closer to the equator.
300
Regions that have similar landforms throughout.
What is landform region.
300
This continent is directly to the west of Asia.
What is Europe?
300
Tells you directions on a map (you must write out the answer and draw it out with labeled directions to win points).
What is a compass rose?
(Never Eat Soggy Waffles)
300
A stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river.
What is a tributary?
400
The reason why northern states are normally colder than southern states
What is southern states are closer to the equator so they receive more direct sunlight.
400
The biggest inlet or gulf to border the United States. The Mississippi River empties into this body of water.
What is the Gulf of Mexico.
400
The seven continents.
What is North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, and Antarctica.
400
The capital of Louisiana.
What is Baton Rouge?
400
The use of canals, ditches, or pipes to move water.
What is irrigation?
500
The climate of the southwest region.
What is hot and dry.
500
An area of flat land between the Appalachian Mountains and Rocky Mountains.
What is the interior plains.
500
The body of water you would sail across to get from Europe or Africa to the Americas.
What is the Atlantic Ocean.
500
The distance between Tallahassee, Florida and Atlanta, Georgia.
What is 200 miles.
500
The reason why many early cities were built near bodies of water.
What is it made travel and transportation of goods easier and early factory machines were powered by fast moving water?