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Vocabulary
Continents
Oceans
USA Geography
Bodies of Water
100

What does hemisphere mean?

Half a sphere

100
North America
What is the continent we live in?
100
ocean
What is a large body of water on the Earth?
100

The river forms the natural border between the United States and Mexico

What is the Rio Grande?

100
oceans
What are the largest bodies of water called?
200
North, South, East, West
What directions are on the compass rose?
200
A large body of land on Earth.
What is a continent?
200

Five

How many oceans are on Earth?

200

What is the mountain range called that starts in Canada and goes through Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and down to New Mexico?

What is the Rocky Mountains?

200
island
What is a landform with water all around it?
300
A drawing of what places look like and where they are located.
What is a map?
300

Antarctica

Which continent is located in the most southern part of the world?

300
Atlantic Ocean
Which ocean is located east of North America?
300

What is the river we studied that is located here in Virginia?

What is the James River?

300
River
What is a fresh body of water flowing down mountains or across land?
400

What is the imaginary line that divides the world into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?

The Prime Meridian

400

Australia

Which continent is the smallest?

400
Pacific Ocean
Which ocean is located west of North America?
400

What river starts in Minnesota and runs down to the Gulf of Mexico?

What is the Mississippi River?

400
lakes
What is a body of still water with land all around it?
500

What is the imaginary line that divides the world into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

Equator

500

Europe or Asia

Which continent (s) are located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres?

500
Arctic Ocean
Which ocean is located north of Europe?
500

What mountain range in the eastern United States is 480 million years old?

What are the Appalachian Mountains?

500
to have water for people, plants, animals, and businesses; for transportation of goods and people
Why are communities often located near bodies of water?