Landforms

Bonus (Not on Test) Where would you find this sign, and where many movies are made?

Imaginary line that splits the Earth in half, North & South.

Largest areas of land, where people live. There are 7.

A slow moving mass of ice, it sometimes moves down mountains

Large area of flat land with few trees, good for agriculture

Bonus: What city do you find the nation's capital and White House (casa blanca)?

A small raised area of land

What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the Earth into Eastern and Western hemispheres?

Preposition for relative location, means to be enclosed or surrounded by something else.

Smallest of the 7 continents.

Name for the Mountains found in the Eastern part of the United States.

A body of water completely surrounded by land, usually this is freshwater. There is a famous one found in Michigan.

A globe has this shape.

Bonus: (Not on the Test) What city would you find Stone Mountain closest to?

What do we call this 40^° N, 65° E?

A very large expanse of water, made up of salt water.

Preposition for relative location, being over something without touching

Bonus: (Not on the Test) What city that you located on your map, would you find the Statue of Liberty?

A deep inlet of sea, almost surrounded by land. There is a famous between these two countries.

What US city can be found here?

What direction is the arrow pointing?

Maps are:

What would you find at 0° North or South?

A deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it.

Land completely surrounded by water and smaller than a continent.

prefix of this word means "half"

What is the longest river in the United States?

Type of map that shows features such as mountains, rivers, oceans, etc.

Lines that are parallel and measure North and South around the globe. They are flat.

A mountain that has a vent through which lava, vapor, and heat escape.

Landform created at the mouth of a river, where sediment carried by water is deposited.

A body of water that carries fresh water from its source to a larger body of water

Land feature: An opening in the Earth, sometimes goes underground and has many chambers.

The two methods for locating something on a map or globe are:

Preposition, something that is touching or supported by another surface. He lives _____ this street.

Preposition for relative location, under something without touching

What is this image, found on a map?

What intermediate direction is this pointing?

A piece of land almost surrounded completely by water, usually 3 sides of land

Part of land at the edge of the sea, it can be a beach sometimes

What am I? I give cardinal and/or intermediate directions on a map.

A large, natural elevation of the Earth's surface. They are steep and rise over 1,000 feet.

These lines are tall, they run North and South but measure East & West

A map key is also known as a:

What is the primary unit for measuring latitude and longitude?

What do we call this: North, South, East, West

Type of Map that shows borders, towns, capitals

Dry area of land, usually with sand, no trees, no water, or no vegetation