1. What is a line or natural feature that divides one area from another or one state from another?

2. What is an area that gets very little rain?

3. What is land that rises above the land around it?

4. What is a natural feature on Earth’s surface?

5. What is the highest kind of land, usually with peaks at the top?

6. What is an area of high, flat land with steep sides?

7. What is a type of flat land?

8. What is an area in which places share similar characteristics?

9. On a map, what does a compass rose show you?

10. Why is it important to have a map legend?

11. Where are the Rocky Mountains located?

12. Where is the Atlantic Coastal Plain located?

13. Into how many regions is the U.S. divided?

14. Compare and contrast the Southeastern region to the Southwestern region.
 
 

Answers
1. Boundary - a line or natural feature dividing one area from another or one state from another.
2. desert- an area that gets very little rain.
3. hill- land that rises above the land around it.

4. landform- a natural feature on the earth's surface.
5. mountain - the highest kind of land usually with peaks on top of it.

6. plateau - an area of high, flat land with steep sides

7. plains - flat land

8. region- an area in which places share similar characteristics.

9. A compass rose shows the four main directions: north , south, east, west. It also shows the four intermediate directions: northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest.

10. It is important to have a map legend because it unlocks the meaning of the map. It tells what the colors and symbols on a map mean.
 
 

11. The Rocky Mountains are located in the western part of the U.S.
12. The Atlantic Coastal Plain is locted in the Northeast and Southeast regions along the Atlantic Ocean.
13. The U.S. is divided into 5 main regions.

14. The Southwestern region is very dry and has deserts and canyons. The Rocky Mountains are part of the Southwestern region.
The Southeastern region has flat lands called plains that are covered with grass. This region has rich farmland. The Appalachain Mountains are in this region.
The Southeast and Southwest are alike because they both have mountains.