TCI Ch. 2 Thematic Maps

A stream feeding a larger stream or a lake.

What kind of information is shown on this map of North Africa?

A chain of rocks or coral or a ridge of sand at or near the surface of water.

A map that shows population density is a type of...

What does an economic activity map of a country show?

What are coal, iron, uranium, and petroleum?

Continents, mountains, canyons, and oceans are all examples of....

The average number of people who live in a unit of area, such as a square mile. How crowded an area is.

A series of mountains or mountain ridges closely related in position and direction

How do you determine the distance of the U.S. from the northern boundary to the southern boundary?

Which term means the pattern of weather over a long period of time?

A deep narrow valley with steep sides and often with a stream flowing through it.

The land near a shore.

What kind of information about Nome, Alaska, is shown on the graph?

All the plants and trees in an area.

Land surrounded by water and smaller than a continent.

Which of the following will you find on a map that shows physical features?

An inlet of the sea or other body of water usually smaller than a gulf.

An extensive area of level or rolling treeless country.

A comparatively narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water.

Any action that relates to the marketing, buying, and selling of goods and services.

Any natural characteristic of Earth's surface, such as landforms and bodies of water.

The pattern of weather over a long period of time.

A vent in the crust of the earth from which usually molten or hot rock and steam escape.

What do geographers call an area with one or more features that set it apart from other areas?