Map Types
What type of map shows cities, states, and borders?
Political Map
What continent do we live on?
North America
What landform is flowing water that empties into a larger bdoy of water?
River
What can a salt mine be used for?
Icy Roads
Draw a compass labeling the 4 cardinal directions?
North, East, South, West
What type of map shows how many people live in an area?
Population Map
What is the bordering country to New York?
Canada
Name the ocean that the Hudson river has access to in New York?
Atlantic Ocean
What are 2 natural resources found in New York?
Soil
Salt Mine
Granite Mine
Forests
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What does a precipitation map show?
Rain
What are the 5 oceans?
Atlantic
Pacific
Southern
Indian
Arctic
Name a lake in New York State?
Ontario
Erie
Finger Lakes
What is the pattern of weather over a long period of time?
Climate
What line of latitude is at 0 degrees?
Equator
What are the two types of map:
Shows the height above sea level
Shows rivers mountains, lakes, and oceans
Elevation Map
Physical Map
What are the 7 continents?
North America
South America
Asia
Australia
Europe
Africa
Antarctica
What landform is in between the type of landforms that rise steeply?
Valley
What does the Hudson River provide New York?
Food
Fertile Land
Travel-Access to the Atlantic Ocean
Trade
What is the condition of air at a certain time or place?
Weather
What are the 3 things that need to be on a map?
Compass
Map Key
Scale
What is the definition of geopgraphy?
The study of Earth and the way people, plants, and animals live on and use it
Name 4 landforms found in New York that we have studied. (not including the lakes)
Adirondack Mountains
Catskill Mountains
Long Island
Hudson River
What are the things things that affect climate?
1.Distance from the equator
2.Mountains (distance above sea level)
3.Large bodies of water
What is the line of 0 degrees longitude?
Prime Meridian