Geography Review

What type of map shows the borders of countries and/or states?

• Physical map

• Political map

• Thematic map

• Road map

Time zones are seperated by what?

• One day

• One week

• One minute

• One hour

The imaginary line that goes around the center of the Earth is called?

• lines of latitude

• the five oceans

• The equator

• the world's time zones

This map displays —

• lines of latitude

• the five oceans

• the Prime Meridian

• the world's time zones

What part of a map shows direction?

• Key

• Compass

• Scale

• Title

In 1872, which area of the United States had the highest concentration of Irish Americans?

• The West Coast

• The South

• The Northeast

• The Mid-Atlantic

Which physical feature made it difficult for the American colonists settled along the Atlantic coast to expand westward?

• the Grand Canyon

• the Mississippi River

• the Gulf of Mexico

• the Appalachian Mountains

The Erie Canal connects which bodies of water?

• the Rio Grande and the Great Salt Lake

• the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean

• the Colorado River and the Pacific Ocean

• the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico

Which state shares a land border with another country?

• Florida

• Alaska

• South Dakota

• North Carolina

Which physical feature forms part of the border between the United States and Mexico?

• Rio Grande

• Lake Ontario

• Grand Canyon

• Rocky Mountains