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Mapping It Out
Where In The United States?
Roaming the Land
Splashing Around
Vocabulary
100
a flat drawing that shows what the earth, or part of the earth, looks like
What is a map
100
a type of community with limited buildings, small populations and agricultural jobs
What is a rural community
100
The number of continents
What are 7
100
a very large body of water
What is an ocean
100
anything that dirties the air, soil, or water
What is pollution?
200
lines cross each other to form squares which are used to find places on a map
What is a grid
200
Location of states where a hurricane could occur
What is on the coastline
200
The continent we live on
What is North America
200
a long, narrow body of water that flows through the land toward a lake, sea or ocean
What is a river
200
Things we use from nature
What are natural resources?
300
a map that shows an areas weather over time
What is a climate map
300
States such as Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida touch this part of the ocean
What is the Gulf of Mexico
300
a broad, flat, or gently rolling habitat full of various grasses
What is a plain or grassland
300
A piece of land surrounded entirely by water
What is an island
300
The study of the earth's land, water, and people.
What is geography?
400
a drawing that shows many directions on a map
What is a compass rose
400
The state where the city of Chicago is located
What is Illinois
400
a piece of land that sticks out into the water-it has water almost all the way around it
What is a peninsula
400
a narrow waterway connecting two large bodies of water
What is a canal
400
A resource that we can only use as it's available
What is a flow resource?
500
a special part of a map that explains the symbols on a map
What is a key or legend
500
When looking at a United States map, the state touching California, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, and Oregon
What is Nevada
500
a large, flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding land
What is a plateau
500
a huge mass of ice that moves slowly down a mountain
What is a glacier
500
The number of people that live in an area
What is population?