Mississippi Studies Review

The natural vegetation of a region is

The height above sea level is

• elevation

• latitude

• longitude

The distance east or west of the prime meridian is

• equator

• latitude

• longitude

The distance north or south of the equator

• latitude

• prime meridian

• longitude

The precise position found using latitude and longitude

• equator

• elevation

• absolute location

_________ are large, violent weather patterns that build up in tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

• monsoons

• hurricanes

• tidal wave

A large variety of animals in an area

• fauna

• flora

• species

______________ is the imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole.

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Axis

The _____________ Regions extends the length of Mississippi, from Tennessee to Louisiana.

• Rocky Mountain

• Appalachian Mountain

• Loess Bluffs

The southern part of our nation is ___________

• Deep South

• Louisiana

• Gulf Coast