landmarks
This obelisk within the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington.
What is the Washington Monument?
What are five geographic regions of the United States?
What is the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, West, and Southwest?
Name one of the four different environments found in the United States.
forest, wetland, mountain, prairie, desert, subarctic, or tropical
What does landlocked mean?
surrounded by land
Name the 7 continents.
North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica
This is a massive sculpture carved into the Black Hills region of South Dakota.
What is Mount Rushmore?
Which region has Mountain States and Pacific States?
What is the West?
Which region has vast, flat prairies?
Midwest
What is a globe?
a model of the planet Earth
Name the 5 oceans.
Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Southern
A statue in NY harbor, given to the US by France.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
Which region is geographically smallest but has many major cities?
What is the Northeast?
What major river in the US, travels from Minnesota to the gulf of Mexico?
What is the Mississippi?
Imaginary line that goes around the middle of the earth.
What is the equator?
What is the tallest type of landform higher than a hill.
mountain
Can landmarks be both man-made and natural?
Yes
Which region features deserts and canyons?
What is the Southwest?
Name a major city in the northeast.
NYC, Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, or DC
What is key on a map?
It is a visual explanation of the symbols used on the map.
What is the prime meridian?
An imaginary line that goes from the north to the south.
Name a natural landmark.
What is the Grand Canyon, Everglades, Devil’s Tower, Kilauea, Glacier Bay, Sequoia National Forest, Marengo Cave, Devil’s Sinkhole or Niagara Falls?
Which region has weather that varies from mild to tropical and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico?
What is the Southeast?
Name a State in the west.
CA, WA, OR, NV, ID, MY, WY, CO, UT
What is a compass rose?
It shows the directions north, east, south and west.
What are the 2 hemispheres?
north and south