TCI Chapter 2

What is a high, flat landform that rises steeply from the land around it?

• plateau

• basin

• coastal plain

• inland

What is an area that shares similar features called?

• plateau

• inland

• region

• coastal plain

What is land that is not near an ocean called?

• region

• basin

• coastal plain

• inland

What is a bowl-shaped landform that is lower than the area around it called?

• basin

• region

• coastal plain

• inland

What is a low, flat land that is near the ocean called?

• basin

• region

• inland

• coastal plain

On a map, what does a scale show?

• the distance between places

• what the symbols on the map mean

• how much rain an area has received

• where the lines of latitude and longitude cross

What do you look at to understand what the symbols on a map stand for?

• a compass rose

• a map scale

• a map key

• a global grid

Mapmakers often use the color blue on maps to stand for what?

• mountains

• the Eastern Hemisphere

• the North Pole

• oceans

Lines of longitude and latitude are imaginary lines used to show what?

• location of places on Earth

• number of miles between 2 places

• intermediate directions on a map

• elevation of places above sea level

What kind of special-purpose map would help you plan a driving trip to the Grand Canyon?

• a physical map

• a road map

• a rainfall map

• a historical map