Vocabulary
What is an area called that is controlled by a country, but not part of that country?
territory
Which are territories of the United States?
a. America Samoa, Jamaica, and Guam
b. the U.S. virgin islands, Haiti and Guam
c. Puerto Rico, Guam, and U.S. Virgin Island
C
What is the capital of MA?
Bosoton
What do you call a group of islands?
an archipelago
Which of the following describes the continental divide?
a. rich soil to the east of the Rocky Mountains
b. its the border between west and midwest
c. It separates the flow of water in the U.S.
d. Its in the center of the U.S.
C
What it the capital of NE?
Lincoln
What are lines on a map that measure degrees east and west?
Longitude
What is the pediment?
a. A mountain system in the central U.S.
b. Part of the Mississippi river basin
c. an area of thick forest near the great lakes
d. an area rich soil east of the Appalachian mountains.
D
What is the capital of TX?
Austin
What do you call something that is connected by shared borders?
contiguous
What is TRUE about the St. Lawrence Seaway?
a. It has a series of canals that make it navigable.
b. It drains into the Mississippi river.
c. it drains into the Gulf of Mexico
A
What is the capital of Virginia?
Richmond
What is a stream or river that flows into a larger body of water?
tributary
a. They are both islands
b. they are both non-contiguous
c. They are located in the South Pacific
B
What is the Capital of Washington?
Olympia