Social Studies Map Skills

The study of the earth's political and physical features:

• economy

• geography

• border

• Lake Erie

Which is a "lentic" water form?

• stream

• river

• reservoir

What is a human-made line called?

• mountain ridge

• reservoir

• continent

• border

Which has not shaped the land and water features of our state?

• faulting

• tornadoes

• erosion

• folding

Which water source shares a border with PA to the northwest?

• Lake Erie

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

Which mountain range is NOT in our state?

• Allegheny

• Laurel Highlands

• Adirondack

• Poconos

What water source shares the boundary of PA to the east of us?

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Delaware River

• Lake Erie

Which is NOT a forest game animal?

• rabbit

• bear

• deer

• turkey

Which is a "lotic" water form?

• lake

• pond

• reservoir

• tributary

Write the names of the states that share a boundary with our state under the correct cardinal direction:

• Maryland

  West Virginia

  Delaware

• east

• Ohio

• north

• New Jersey

• west

• New York

• south