Geography of the United States Vocab

What is a biome?

• A variety of flora and fauna in an enclosed space

• A variety of flora and fauna taking up a specific major habitat

• A variety of flora and fauna that exist in nature

• An area of land that has the same kind of ground features

What is the "capital" of a state or country?

• The largest city

• The seat of government for the area

• The first letter of a word

• The building in Washington D.C.

What is the definition of the word "contiguous"?

• The state of being strikingly different from something else in juxtaposition or close association.

• Occurring continuously over a period of time.

• Forming an unbroken whole; without interruption.

• Sharing a common border; touching.

On a map, what is the "key"? (Note: This is also called a legend)

• A key to understanding the map

• A box with information about how to read the map

• The legend of the map

• A drawing of a key in the corner of the map

Which one of these is a landform?

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TRUE/FALSE: Latitude refers to the horizontal lines on a map/globe of the Earth and Longitude refers to the vertical lines on a map/globe of the Earth.

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• FALSE

Which of these places has the highest population density?

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What would I use the scale of a map for?

• To tell how heavy it is

• To tell what size the map's dimensions are

• To see the distance between two points on a map

• To explain how the map works

What is topography?

• A representation on a map of the natural and artificial features of an area.

• A picture of a building.

• A representation on a map of the human-made features in an area.

• A representation on a map of naturally occurring features in an area.