United States Physical and Political Geography

This type of map shows landforms and bodies of water.

• Physical Map

• Political Map

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Barrier

,

(b) Corridor

• Cascade Mtns.

• The Great Plains

• Rocky Mtns.

• Mississippi River

• Rio Grande River

• Appalachian Mtns.

• Sonoran Desert

Click on the Gulf of Mexico.

Which countries border the Great Lakes?

• Canada

• United States

• Mexico

• Greenland

Click on the Baja Peninsula.

Shows physical features on the earth's surface.

• Political Map

• Physical Map

• Special Purpose Map

Shows the boundaries of countries, continents, and states.

• Map Scale

• Political Map

• Physical Map

Places with Similar Characteristics

• Movement

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Location

• Place

• Region

This kind of map shows geographical features such as elevation, names of rivers, and mountain ranges

• Political Map

• Physical Map

• Special Purpose Map

Shows the features people have created, like cities, states and countries.

• Physical Map

• Political Map

• Thematic Map