Social Studies Unit 1

Lines on a map that run east and west are called?

• longitude

• Prime Meridian

• latitude

• Continental Divide

What is a canyon?

• a river

• a deep valley with steep sides

• a mountain

• an ocean

Where is the Continental Divide found?

• Appalachian Mountains

• Pacific Ocean

• Great Lakes

• Rocky Mountains

What is the line at 0 degrees latitude called?

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• South Pole

• Continental Divide

Because the Earth is not flat

• areas on a flat map are distorted

• you can't make a map of the Earth

• you have to carry around globes

• you can't show oceans or continents on a map

Where are the Great Lakes located?

• Southern part of United States

• Western part of the United States

• Northern part of the United States

• Eastern part of the United States

Appalachian Mountains are located in the

• western part of the United States

• eastern part of the United States

• norther part of the United States

• southern part of the United States

The Great Lakes were formed by

• volcanoes

• floods

• ice glaciers

• hurricanes

Lines of longitude

• run east and west on a map

• run north and south on a map

What is the Prime Meridian?

• O degree line of latitude

• 0 degree line of longitude

• a line in the Rocky Mountains dividing the flow of water

• lines on a map that run east and west