Vocabulary
An imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole.
Longitude
Almost three fourths of the Earth's surface is covered with this.
Water
One of the rivers that forms a border with the US.
Rio Grande and St. Lawrence River
This is a map element that explains colors and symbols used on a map.
Legend or Key
The largest of the US states.
Alaska
A model of the earth.
Globe
This is located at 0 degrees latitude
Equator
The river that starts in Minnesota and flows to the Gulf of Mexico.
Mississippi
This is the name of the map.
Title
Three states that start with the letter M.
Michigan, Minnesota. Mississippi, Missouri, Maine, Montana
Different plants that make up an areas....
Vegetation
Weather that can be measured over a long period of time is called this.
Climate
The mountain range that starts in Canada and runs through Colorado nearly all the way to Mexico.
Rocky Mountains
Island
This state is entirely made up of islands.
Hawaii
Government
These are the four cardinal directions.
North, South, East, West
The ocean that borders the US to the West.
Pacific
These two states are examples of a peninsula.
Michigan and Florida
These two states share a border with Michigan.
Indiana and Ohio
A mountain is a type of this.
Landform
This shows the cardinal directions on a map.
Compass Rose
The two countries that border the United States.
Mexico and Canada
This is the low lying area between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains.
The Great Plains
This is the largest state in the continental US.
Texas