Latitude
This main line of latitude wraps around the middle of Earth at 0° and splits the planet into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
Unlike latitude lines that run side-to-side, lines of longitude stretch across a map or globe in these two up-and-down compass directions.
What are North and South?
This is the name for ancient lands that included Mexico and Central America.
What is Mesoamerica?
An area that has similar characteristics.
What is a region?
Our first president.
Who was George Washington?
Lines of latitude stretch across a map or globe in these two side-to-side compass directions.
What are East and West?
This special 0° line of longitude passes through Greenwich, England, and serves as the starting point for measuring distance east or west
What is the Prime Meridian?
The Mayan word for "corn".
What is maize?
Kentucky is located in this region.
What is Southeast Region?
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What is "United States of America"?
Because lines of latitude always stay the exact same distance apart and never cross, they are given this geometric name.
What are parallels (or parallel lines)?
This special 0° line of longitude passes through Greenwich, England, and serves as the starting point for measuring distance east or west.
What is the Prime Meridian?
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The Great Lakes are important physical feature of this region.
What is the Midwest Region?
The study of the past.
What is history?
The North Pole sits at this highest possible degree of north latitude.
What is 90° North (90°N)?
The Prime Meridian and its opposite line on the other side of the globe split Earth into these two hemispheres.
What are the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
A long period of time without rain.
What is a drought?
This region includes California, Colorado, and Hawaii.
What is the West Region?
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Who is Dwight Walter?
Places near 0° latitude tend to be warm year-round, while places near the poles are very cold, showing how latitude affects this overall pattern of weather over a long time.
What is climate?
Another geography word for lines of longitude that start with the letter "M" and all meet together at the North and South Poles.
What are meridians?
Land that is surrounded on 3 sides by water.
What is a peninsula?
This region has the largest population and includes New York City, Boston, and Baltimore.
What is the Northeast Region?
In 1492, this Italian sailed the ocean blue from Spain.
Who was Christopher Columbus?