Review Sheet - Benchmark A: Map Elements and Coordinates

Name:__________________________ Class:__________ Date:__________

Write your own sentence using the underlined words.

1. St. Lawrence River The St. Lawrence River is a river in Canada that
forms a border between Canada and New York
state.

2. latitude The east-west lines on a map or globe are

referred to as latitude.

3. Appalachian Mountains The Appalachian Mountains are a mountain

range in the eastern United States.

4. longitude The north-south lines on a map or globe are

referred to as longitude.
5. Great Lakes The Great Lakes are a chain of five lakes
between the United States and Canada.

6. Rocky Mountains The Rocky Mountains are a mountain range in

Western North America.

7. Rio Grand River The Rio Grand River is a river in southwestern

United States along the border with the country of
Mexico.

8. absolute location The global address of a location using longitude

and latitude is the absolute location.

9. Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the longest river in the

United States in the central part of the country.
10. coordinates The term, coordinates, refers to a pair of numbers
that identifies a point on a map.