Geography Tools
Landforms
Bodies of Water
Where We Live
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100
This tool helps us picture where we are. It often helps us with directions. It features a key, a compass rose that shows N, S, E, W, and labels to helps us identify places.
A map is the geographic tool!
100
This landform is the highest kind of land.
A mountain is the highest kind of land.
100
This body of water is huge!
An ocean is a huge body of water.
100
We live in the state of _____________.
Pennsylvania.
100
This is the place where leaders and officials work. Pennsylvania's _____________ is Harrisburg.
The capital is where leaders and officials work. Pennsylvania's capital is Harrisburg.
200
This tool is featured on a map. It gives us the symbols we need to identify different places on a map and tells us what the symbols mean.
A map key is the tool!
200
This landform is a low area of land usually found between hills or mountains.
A valley is a low area of land usually found between hills or mountains.
200
This body of water is a stream of fresh water which normally flows toward an ocean or a lake.
A river is a stream of fresh water which normally flows toward an ocean or a lake.
200
We go to school in the city of ________________.
Philadelphia.
200
The story of people and places from the past is ____________.
history.
300
This tool shows us the different directions on a map, like North, South, East, and West.
A compass rose is the geographic tool!
300
This landform is a large, mostly flat, area of land. Many farms are found on this landform.
A plain is a large, mostly flat, area of land. Many farms are found on plains.
300
This body of water is surrounded by land.
A lake is a body of water surrounded by land.
300
We live in the country of _______________________.
The United States of America.
300
Many neighborhoods make up a _________________.
community.
400
This tool is in the shape of a sphere and helps us picture our Earth as round instead of flat. We can see all of our Earth's continents and bodies of water on this tool.
A globe is the geographic tool!
400
This landform is land that is almost surrounded by water.
A peninsula is land that is almost surrounded by water.
400
We have four oceans in our world. Can you name two of them?
Our four oceans are: Atlanctic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Indian Ocean.
400
We live on the continent of __________________.
North America.
400
A rule that everyone must follow is called a ____________.
law.
500
BONUS QUESTION: This tool helps us figure out the distance between two places on a map. It often uses inches or centimeters as its measurement. *When we use this word, we normally use it with weight.*
A scale is our geographic tool!
500
This landform is land that is surrounded by water.
An island is land that is surrounded by water.
500
Can you name a river that is in our United States? *This river is the river George Washington crossed. *This river runs through the south and has the first four letters in my last name.
(Answers will vary) Mississippi River, Delaware River
500
What kind of community is the community that we go to school in?
We go to school in an urban community.
500
A community located near a city is a ____________.
suburb.