U.S. Rivers
U.S. Mountains
The Globe
Map Features
Lines on a Map
100
This 1,900 miles long river in North America forms the international border between the United States and Mexico for much of its length, flowing from the Rocky Mountains in Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande River?
100
These mountains run through the eastern U.S., from Georgia up toward Maine.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
100
What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the globe into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
What is the equator?
100
This tool shows the cardinal directions on a map.
What is a compass rose?
100
What do you call the horizontal lines on a globe?
What are the lines of latitude?
200
This long river in the eastern U.S. flows into the Mississippi near the town of Cairo, Illinois.
What is the Ohio River?
200
What is the name for the larger, taller mountain range in the western United States?
What are the Rocky Mountains?
200
What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the globe into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
What is the Prime Meridian?
200
The symbols used on a map are explained by this.
What is a legend or key?
200
What do you call the vertical lines on a globe?
What are the lines of longitude?
300
This river is a 315-mile waterway flowing from the Adirondack Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, and is named after an English explorer.
What is the Hudson River?
300
A person traveling from the Appalachian Mountains to the Rocky Mountains is headed in which direction?
What is west?
300
Which two imaginary lines can be used to describe the exact location of a point on Earth?
What are lines of longitude and latitude?
300
What is the feature used to determine how much real-world distance is represented on a map?
What is a map scale?
300
The equator is an example of this type of line.
What is a line of latitude?
400
This large river, which empties into the Gulf of Mexico, is known for carving the Grand Canyon.
What is the Colorado River?
400
Are the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern or western part of the United States?
What is eastern?
400
What are the seven largest land masses on Earth called?
What are continents?
400
What are the names of the four main directions on a compass rose?
What are the cardinal directions?
400
The Prime Meridian is an example of this type of line.
What is a line of longitude?
500
Known as the "Father of Waters," this longest river in North America flows into the Gulf of Mexico.
What is the Mississippi River?
500
What is the name of the most prominent mountain range in the western U.S. that runs north-south for 3,000 miles?
What are the Rocky Mountains?
500
What are the five largest bodies of salt water on Earth called?
What are oceans?
500
What is the map feature that uses numbers and letters to help find a specific location?
What is a grid system?
500
Which direction do the lines of latitude run, and which direction do the lines of longitude run?
What are east to west and north to south?