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Latitude/longitude
Map Practice
100
How many timezones cover our United States?
6
100
What is a peninsula
Land surrounded by water on all 3 sides
100
low wet land that supports trees and grasses
Swamp
100
distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator
Latitude
100
4 main directions
N E S W
200
Name the timezones that cover the United states
Pacific, mountain, central, eastern, alaska, hawaii
200
What is a valley?
A low area between mountains or hills.
200
Where river empties into a larger body of water
Mouth
200
distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England.
Longitude
200
What is a shape on the Earth's surface called?
A landform.
300
It is 10:00 am in California. What time is it in Wyoming
11:00 am
300
What is a body of water partly enclosed by land, smaller than a gulf
Bay.
300
A fertile place in a desert
Oasis
300
Lines of latitude and longitude are measured in
degrees
300
what would you use a political map for?
A political map would show me states and cities. This is information that I would likely need to know if going to New York.
400
Going east a timezone you ______ an hour Going west a timezone you ______ an hour
add, subtract.
400
A high place with a flat top is a___________.
Plateau.
400
a sheltered area along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely
Harbor
400
what is the location- 48.2331° N, 101.2922° W
Minot ND
400
What would you use a physical map for?
Going on a hike. View from space
500
if it is 6:00 in Miami what time is it in Las Vegas?
3:00
500
What is a Tributary
small stream or river that joins into a river.
500
Land bridge, narrow strip of land that connects 2 larger pieces of land
Isthmus
500
What is the city- 30.2500° N, 97.7500° W
Austin Texas
500
Thematic map shows what?
Thematic maps are used to focus on specific ideas like climate, vegetation or natural resources.