Reading Maps
What shape is a globe?
What are the largest bodies of water on Earth called?
Oceans.
Which river flows through Texas and into the Gulf of Mexico?
The Rio Grande.
What county do we live in?
Madison.
What type of map shows the location of landforms like mountains, rivers, lakes, and plains?
Physical Map.
The largest land masses on Earth are called _________.
Continents.
What is the longest river in the US?
Mississippi
What city do we live in?
Hull.
Key.
The imaginary line that runs at zero degrees latitude and divides the world in half is the ____________.
What river is in NYC and holds the Statue of Liberty?
Hudson River.
What state do we live in?
Georgia.
What shows cardinal and intermediate directions on a map?
A compass.
What imaginary line is located at zero degrees longitude and divides the Earth into eastern and western hemispheres?
Prime Meridian.
What mountain range starts in Georgia and goes up through the Eastern USA?
The Appalachian.
What country do we live in?
If you want to see the entire world at once, you should use a(n)
Map.
Draw a compass.
Show Ms. Jackson
Which is the larger mountain range in the western US?
Rocky Mountains.
What continent do we live on?
North America.