Mapping
What are the cardinal directions?
North, South, East, and West
What direction is latitude?
Across
Trains, planes, and the internet are all ways that people, goods, and ideas travel, showing this theme.
Movement
A large body of saltwater that covers much of the earth is....
Ocean
What continent is at #1?
North America
What does a compass rose tell us?
To tell the cardinal directions
What direction is longitude?
Up and down
The South, the Midwest, and the Sahara Desert are all examples of this theme.
Regions
This slow-moving mass of ice is found in very cold regions is called... ?
A glacier
What continent is at #7?
Australia
What does the "legend" or "key" do when reading a map?
Provides information for the symbols, lines, colors, or pictures used
What comes first when you read them?
Latitude
When people build dams, plant crops, or cut down forests, they are showing this theme of geography.
Human-environment interaction
What is the landform that is surrounded by water on three sides.
Peninsula
What ocean is at #1?
Atlantic Ocean
What is "region"?
a place with similarities
What line of latitude divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Equator
Mountains, rivers, and climate are examples of physical characteristics that describe this theme.
Place
What narrow body of water connects two larger bodies of water?
Strait
What ocean is at #6?
Pacific Ocean
What is a "political map"?
show political units like countries or states, can also show cities
What line of longitude divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
Prime Meridian
The system of latitude and longitude helps describe this theme of geography.
Location
What landform occurs where fresh river water meets the salty water of the sea or ocean?
Estuaries
What continent is at #6?
Asia