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1
Which River flows from the Adirondack to New York City?
Erie
Niagara
Hudson
Mississippi
2
What is the name for half of the earth?
Polar cap
Center Court
Hemisphere
Half-ball
3
the period of very cold weather that caused a huge glacier that created Long Island is called...
Ice Age
Global Warming
Golden Age
Stone Age
4
What country borders New York to the North?
Mexico
Australia
Florida
Canada
5
Which states border New York?
Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
New Hampshire , Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey
Maine, Ohio, Vermont, Delaware
Alaska, Hawaii, California, Washington
6
What do you call the line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole of Earth at 0 degrees longitude?
North Pole
Prime Meridian
Equator
String
7
What imaginary line divides the northern and southern hemisphere?
horizontal line
a ray
Equator
Prime Meridian
8
This is a picture of a …
A compass rose
A game board
A star
A rose
9
Whiteface is what kind of New York landform?
River
Ocean
Lake
Mountain
10
Mrs Murphy lives in the lower area between the Catskill Mountains and the Berkshire Hills. What is this landform called?
Mountain
plains
Climate
Valley
11
What letters represent the Cardinal directions?
N, E, S, W
N, O, S, w
M, L, C, A
K, L, M, H
12
What imaginary line divides the western and eastern hemisphere?
Vertical Line
Prime Meridian
Equator
Longitude
13
Which city is the capital of New York?
Albany
New York City
Manhattan
Buffalo
14
A ___________ is a half of a sphere
equator
hemisphere
cube
latitude
15
Which answer names two mountain ranges of New York?
Catskills and Dogskills
Alps and Dolomites
Adirondacks and Catskills
Adirondacks and Berkshires
16
Which body of water is not in New York State?
The Nile
Lake Placid
Lake Champlain
Lake George
17
NE, NW, SE, and SW are cardinal directions.
True
False
18
Which two Great Lakes border New York?
Lake Michigan and lake Mohawk
Lake Erie and Lake Ontario
Lake Huron and The Finger Lakes
Lake Taconic and Grafton Lake
19
What do you call the imaginary line that runs around the center of the Earth? Hint: it’s halfway between North and South
Parallels
Equator
South Pole
Belt
20
The Helderberg Escarpment is an example of what landform? (steep up and flat)
Valley
Mountain
Plain
Plateau
21
What are the imaginary parallel lines on Earth called?
Latitude
Longitude
Loops
Ladder
22
Mountains, hills, and valleys are examples of landforms.
True
False
23
A large area of nearly flat land is called the plains.
False
True
24
What is another term for Meridians ( imaginary lines that divide the earth into sections)?
Sticks
Distance lines
Long lines
Lines of Longitude
25
A border is …
A line that people agree on, which divides one place from another.
A side walk
A road
A balance beam
26
The Erie
Canal
is a natural river.
True
False