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Geography Map Skills Study Guide
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1
What is a line of latitude called?
latitude
meridian
parallel
longitude
2
This line is 0° latitude
meridian
Prime Meridian
longitude
Equator
3
These are bodies of salt water
Tributary and River
Sea and Ocean
Sea and River
Lake and Ocean
4
What landform is the arrow pointing to?
Appalachian Mountains
Mississippi River
Rio Grande River
Lake Michigan
5
What landform is B?
Rocky Mountains
Lake Michigan
valley
Appalachian Mountains
6
What river is highlighted blue?
Mississippi River
Rio Grande River
Ohio River
Illinois River
7
What landform is highlighted in red?
The Gulf of Mexico
The Great Plains
The Atlantic Ocean
The Rocky Mountains
8
This line is 0° of longitude
parallel
Prime Meridian
meridian
Equator
9
Most of the Earth's water can be found in one of these four large bodies of salt water
bay
sea
ocean
gulf
10
This is formed when soil is deposited at the mouth of a river
water
tributary
source
delta
11
What hemispheres do we live in?
Southern and Wester
Northern and Eastern
Southern and Eastern
Northern and Western
12
What direction does longitude measure?
E and W
S and N
N and W
S and E
13
What landform is A?
Lake Michigan
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Moutnains
14
Land that is surrounded by water on three sides
cape
island
peninsula
country
15
Define geography
C
D
A
B
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What landform is this?
Island
Cape
Gulf
Sea
17
An intermediate direction is...
N
E
Cardinal directions
A direction that is halfway between 2 cardinal directions
18
An extension of land jutting out into the water
peninsula
cape
island
continent
19
Physical features are...
Landforms
the features of Earth
Water
Names of bodies of water and landforms
20
What is a compass rose?
It tells direction
An arrow that shows intermediate directions
An arrow that shows cardinal and intermediate directions
An arrow
21
The Prime Meridian splits the Earth into these 2 hemispheres:
Eastern and Western
Northern and Southern
Northern and Eastern
Southern and Western
22
Define globe
A map
A map of the Earth
The world
The most accurate map of the Earth
23
A small stream that feeds into a river is...
sea
tributary
ocean
river
24
A small body of salt water is...
bay
gulf
ocean
sea
25
What continent is this?
North America
Europe
South America
Africa
26
Where a river begins
Source
Mouth
Delta
Tributary
27
Land completely surrounded by water is...
mountain range
island
plain
cape
28
A body of fresh water surrounded by land
sea
ocean
river
lake
29
These are bodies of fresh water
Lake and Ocean
Lake and Sea
River and lake
River and Ocean
30
These landforms usually have steep sides and rise at least 2,000 feet
peninsula
mountains
plains
cape
31
A part of the sea or an ocean that cuts into a mass of land
bay
gulf
river
ocean
32
The low area between ranges of mountain or hills is...
valley
mountain range
plains
cape
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What landform is this?
Peninsula
Cape
Bay
Ocean
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Where the river empties into a larger body of water
source
mouth
delta
sea
