NYS Geography Start

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1 What is a border? An imaginary line that separates one country or state from another. Click here for answer back

2 What are the cardinal directions? north, south, east, and west Click here for answer back

3 What are Lake Erie and Lake Ontario? The two lakes that border New York to the west. Click here for answer back

4 What is a landform map? A map that shows the features of the land. Click here for answer back

1 What is a source? The beginning of a river. Click here for answer back

2 What is a mouth? The location where a river ends and empties into a larger body of water. Click here for answer back

3 What is the Genesee River? The body of water that flows across western New York, through the city of Rochester and empties into Lake Ontario. Click here for answer back

4 What is the Mohawk River? The largest tributary off of the Hudson River. Click here for answer back

1 What is a glacier? A large piece of ice that helped to shape the land of New York State Click here for answer back

2 What are mountains? A type of landform found in NYS. NYS has three main areas of these. Click here for answer back

3 What are the Taconic Mountains? Steep-sided mountains found to the east of the Hudson River Valley. Click here for answer back

4 What is the St. Lawrence River? A river that serves as a border between New York State and Canada. Click here for answer back

1 What is the equator? The name of the line at 0 degrees latitude. Click here for answer back

2 What is the prime meridian? A line of longitude that divides the earth into two hemispheres. Click here for answer back

3 What are lines of latitude? Lines that run east to west on a map or globe. Click here for answer back

4 What are the seven continents? North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica Click here for answer back

1 What is geography? The study of climate, landforms, bodies of water, and natural resources of a specific place. Click here for answer back

2 What is the climate? The weather pattern of an area over a long period of time. Click here for answer back

3 What is the Finger Lakes? The New York State region that we live in. Click here for answer back

4 What is a harbor? A sheltered place for ships to dock. Click here for answer back