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The capital of Illinois
Springfield
Which ocean borders the east coast of the U.S.?
Atlantic Ocean
Which directions are the inter-cardinal points?
Southeast, Southwest, Northeast, Northwest
This tells the map reader how much smaller the map is than the real area it represents
scale bar
True or False. Region is one of the five themes of geography.
True
The famous river that borders Illinois
Mississippi River
The Atlantic Ocean borders which coast of the U.S.
east
The ocean that borders the west coast of the U.S...
Pacific Ocean
This kind of map shows things like countries, states, provinces, etc.
political map
True or False. Springfield is the capital of Iowa.
False
The imaginary blue lines that run north-south on a map
longitude
True or False. Lake Minnesota is a Great Lake.
False
Lines on a map that run east-west ....
latitude
If I travel from Texas to Minnesota, which direction am I going?
north
The arch is in St. Louis. Which theme of geography am I using?
Place
Another name for longitude lines
meridians
Which region is Illinois in?
Midwest
What are latitude lines also called?
parallels
Name the missing Great Lake ...
Huron, Michigan, Ontario, Erie, ____________
Superior
Name one of the continents
Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, South America, Antarctica, North America
Which of the following is NOT a continent?
a. North America
b. China
c. Asia
d. Africa
What is known as a simplified depiction of space?
a map
What explains the symbols on a map?
legend
Name the missing Great Lake...
Michigan, Superior, ________, Huron, Ontario
Erie
This kind of map shows different colors to signify different land elevations and ocean depths
physical map