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SS Chap2 Brandon
Chap.2 Wisconsin: A Place with a Past
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The study of the earth, including its people, resources, climate, and physical features | Geography |
| What is the Ice Age Trail? | A trail system along the southern edge of the last glacier in the state. The glacier shaped the landscape. |
| A map feature that shows the basic or cardinal directions (North, South, East, West) | Compass Rose |
| Natural features like rivers, lakes, or moutains that seperate counties, states, or countries | Physical Boundaries |
| Boundaries that governments create to seperate counties, states, or countries | Political Boundaries |
| A defined area of a place (state or country), that has common features, such as a similar landscape | Region |
| An area of land that has boundaries and a government that are shared by all the people living there, a nation | Country |
| The seven large landmasses of the Earth | Continents |
| Globe is divided into 4 ___________. | Hemispheres |
| Why are Wisconsin's waterways so important? | waterways were used to move goods. Waterways also provide habitats for fish, insects, and plants. |
| What are the five physical regions of Wisconsin? | 1) Lake Superior Lowland 2) Northern Highland 3) Central Plain 4) Western Upland 5) Eastern Ridges and Lowlands |
| What is the Ice Age? | Period of time when glaciers covered much of the earth's surface. |
| What are some of the counties that surround Fond du Lac County? | Green Lake, Winnebago, Sheboygan, Washington, Dodge, Calumet (p. 16) |
| What region of the United States is Wisconin? | Midwest (pg 17) |
| Why is the Midwest Region different from the other regions? | The Midwest is the only region that has two separate groups of states: The Plains states and the Great Lakes states. (p. 17) |
| Every good map will have two things on them? | Compass Rose and Map Key (p.16) |
| Name Wisconsins physical boundaries? | Wisconsin is surrounded by water. Lake Superior to the north, Lake Michigan to the East, and the Mississippi River to the west (p. 17) |
| Name Wisconsins political boundaries? | Other states surrounding Wisconsin are: Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois (p. 17) |
| Name two types of maps? | Flat map (road map), globe (world) |
| The Prime Meridian goes in what direction? | An imaginary line that divides the globe into two equal halves from North and South. (p. 18) |
| The Equater goes in what direction? | West and East. It is an imaginery line that goes around the middle of the globe, like a belt. (p. 18) |
| The lines on a map that go from east to west? | Latitude / Parallels (p. 20) |
| The lines on a map that go from north to south? | Longitude (p. 20) |
| Name of the seven continents? | North and South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, Antartica |
| Which Continent is Wisconsin in? | North America |
| Name the five Great Lakes | Michigan, Huron, Erie, Superior, and Ontario (p. 25) |
| The ara in Wisconsin that was NOT covered by glaciers is called what? | Driftless area (p. 25) |
| Name the five glacial landforms | Kettle, Esker, Moraine, Kame, and Drumlin (p. 27) |
| Name the rivers within Wisconsin's borders | Wisconsin, Fox, Rock, Wolf, Mississippi, and Saint Croix (p. 28) |
| What is a tributary? | A stream that lows into a larger waterway (p. 28) |
| Name the five physical regions of Wisconsin | Lake Superior Lowland, Northern Highland, Central Plain, Western Upland, and Eastern Ridges and Lowlands (p. 30) |
| Which region is home to the Wisconsin Dells? | Central Plains (p. 33) |
| Which region was never covered by glaciers? | Western Upland (La Crosse) p. 34 |
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