PA Regions/Map Skills

Pennsylvania is south of what state?

• Maryland

• Ohio

• New York

• New Jersey

What are the lines that measure north and south of the equator?

• longitude

• equator

• latitude

• prime meridian

What is the capital of Pennsylvania?

• Harrisburg

• York

• Philadelphia

• Pittsburgh

In what region is Lancaster located?

• Atlantic Coastal Plain

• Allegheny Plateau

• Ridge and Valley

• Piedmont

What is a line made by people that shows where one state ends and another begins?

• political boundary

• continental boundary

• natural boundary

• personal boundary

What is the largest region in Pennsylvania?

• Piedmont

• Ridge and Valley

• Allegheny Plateau

• Erie Plain

What word(s) means "the land at the foot of the mountains"?

• Allegheny

• Piedmont

• Ridge and Valley

• Erie

What are thick sheets of ice that move over land called?

• ridges

• moraines

• glaciers

• plateaus

What are things made by nature that are useful to people?

• precipitation

• regions

• natural resources

• products

What is PA's natural eastern boundary?

• Susquehanna River

• Lake Erie

• Altantic Ocean

• Delaware River