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Globe vs. Map
Rivers
Latitude and Longitude
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What is a map key?
What is a tool that shows the different symbols on maps and what they represent
100
What is a map?
What is a visual representation of an area that shows location, physical features, etc.
100
Name one of the 5 major rivers we studied
What is Ohio, Mississippi, Colorado, Rio Grande, and Hudson
100
What direction do lines of longitude go?
What is North to South
100
What are the two mountain ranges we are studying?
What is the rocky and Appalachian mountains
200
What is a map scale used for?
What is to show distance
200
What is a globe?
What is a 3D visual representation of the whole world, including major land and sea forms
200
What is the longest river in the US
What is the Mississippi River
200
What directions to lines of latitude go?
What is east to west
200
Are the appalachian mountains located on the east or west coast of the US?
What is the east
300
What is a symbol
What is a picture that represents a specific location on a map
300
What is a difference between a map and globe?
What is map is flat, globe is 3D
300
Where does the mississippi river flow into?
What is Gulf of Mexico
300
What is the center line that runs east to west and is the starting point of lines of latitude?
What is the equator
300
Are the rocky mountains on the east or west coast of the United States?
What is west coast
400
What is a compass rose?
What is shows direction
400
What is another difference between a map and globe?
What is map shows specific places and location, globe shows whole world; map is stretched, globe is not stretched
400
What is the equator?
What is the imaginary line that runs east to west on a map or globe and divides the earth into its northern and southern hemisphere
400
What is the starting point of lines of longitude that run north to south?
What is the prime meridian
400
The largest bodies of land are called...
What is continents
500
What are the cardinal directions?
What is N,S,E,W
500
What is a similarity between maps and globes?
What is they both show locations of places from a top view
500
What is the prime meridian?
What is an imaginary line that runs north to south on a map or globe and divides the earth into its eastern and western hempisheres
500
What is the difference between latitude and longitude?
What is latitude runs east to west and longitude runs north to south
500
The largest bodies of water are called?
What is oceans