Blank Jeopardy

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Map Skills
Civil War
Land
Government
Places
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An imaginary line that is halfway between the N.
and S. Poles
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What is the equator?
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The relationship between the distance shown on a
map and the real distance
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What is a scale?
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A map that shows the kind of things that are
made or grown in an area
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What is a product map?
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A map that shows landforms
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What is a physical map?
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Imaginary lines on a map or globe that
measure the distance E or W of the Prime Meridian
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What is longitude?
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President of the U. S. during the Civil War
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Who is Abraham Lincoln?
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The secret route that slaves used to escape
to freedom in the North
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What is the Underground Railroad?
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A slave who escaped and became a conductor on the
Underground Railroad, returning to the South 19
times
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Who is Harriet Tubman?
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Leader of the Confederate army during the Civil
War
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Who is Robert E. Lee?
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President of the Confederate States of America
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Who is Jefferson Davis?
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Large areas of flat or nearly flat land
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What are plains?
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The low, rounded mountains found in the
eastern United States
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What are the Appalachian Mountains?
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The height of land above seal level
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What is elevation?
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A low, bowl-shaped area of land that is almost
completely surrounded by land
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What is a basin?
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A method of mining where huge power shovels are
used to dig out ore
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What is open-pit mining?
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A written plan of government
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What is a constitution?
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The lawmaking branch of government
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What is Congress or the Legislative Branch?
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A government that is run by the people it governs
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What is a democracy?
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The branch of government headed by the
President it sees that laws are carried out
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What is the Executive Branch?
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The rights of all people to be treated
equally under the law
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What is civil rights?
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A large farm which used slaves as workers
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What is a plantation?
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A place ruled by another country
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What is a colony?
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A word used to describe the edge of a settlement
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What is a frontier?
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The place in Pennsylvania where
Washingtons troops spent a long harsh winter
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What is Valley Forge?
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A place in New York Harbor where immigrants had
to be approved before entering the U. S.
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What is Ellis Island?