Map features
I show cardinal directions.
What is a compass rose?
I am the Mountain Range closest to NYC.
What are the Catskill Mountains?
I am the ocean that borders NYS to the southeast.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
I am the capital city of NYS.
What is Albany?
I am the name of a map. I usually describe the map contents.
What is a title?
I am the neighboring country to the North of NYS.
What is Canada?
I am the longest river in NYS
What is the Hudson River?
I am a city in NW New York. I am close to Niagara Falls.
What is Buffalo?
Usually I am a box. I contain symbols and information to help people understand what is shown on a map.
What is a map key or legend?
I am the highest point in NYS. I am part of the Adirondack Mountains.
What is Mount Marcy?
I am the lake that is most furthest North. I border NYS and Vermont.
What is Lake Champlain?
I am our state tree and my sap is used to make maple syrup.
What is the sugar maple?
I am used to measure distance on a map.
What is a map scale?
We are the states that border NYS to the South.
What are New Jersey and Pennsylvania?
A group of long, narrow lakes
What are the Finger Lakes?
I am the state fruit
I am the place where one state ends, and another state begins. Usually a dark, solid line.
what is a border?
Name the 3 states that border NYS to the east
What is Vermont, Massachussets and Connecticut
We are the two great lakes that border NYS and Canada.
Lake Erie and Lake Ontario
We are the 5 major cities in NYS.
Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, and New York City