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Geography
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Subject
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geography
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A usually rounded natural elevation of land lower than a mountain
hill
foothill
peninsula
left bank
2. An open land free of woods and buildings
precipice
atoll
cinder cone
field
3. Low land between two hills
sound
Vale
continental shelf
latitude
4. The line on a mountain above which there is snow the year around
oasis
sound
snowline
hill
5. A point of usually high land jutting out into a body of water
archipelago
meadow
pool
headland
6. West-east measurement of position on the earth
glen
harbor
gulf
longitude
7. Chain of mountains
mountain chain
snowline
meadow
iceberg
8. An area of low spongy land too wet to farm but usually supporting an abundance of coarse grasses - trees - or other vegetation
swamp
tide
peak
isthmus
9. The average level of the surface of the ocean measured along a shoreline
moor
bluff
creek
sea level
10. Stream that flows into another stream
cultivated land
plateau
tributary
cape
11. A large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
hill
delta
ledge
glacier
12. Long - narrow - conspicuous elevation of land
knoll
terrace
brink
ridge
13. Area of level land where grass is grown and usually cut for hay
dam
meadow
glacier
plateau
14. Direction from which a stream is flowing
brink
channel
Upstream
bayou
15. An area of land covered with trees
soil
Woods
divide
tide
16. A water passage where the tide meets a river or current; especially; the arm of the sea of the lower end of a river
island
land
irrigated land
estuary
17. Highest part of a hill or mountain
pond
coast
irrigated land
summit
18. Small - round hill or mound
grove
knoll
breakers
steppe
19. A small sheltered inlet or bay
foothill
cove
stream
shoal
20. Area of rolling land along the foot of a mountain range
Wharf
piedmont
Waterfall
moor
21. Piece of land nearly surrounded by water and attached to a larger area of land or the mainland by an isthmus
archipelago
savanna
peninsula
bay
22. Narrow piece of land joining 2 larger bodies of land - or joining a peninsula with a mainland
isthmus
tributary
cinder cone
Wharf
23. A long - narrow bank of sand in a body of water
foothill
basin
sandbar
junction
24. Large - flat plain without trees in the arctic regions
tundra
bay
lake
ledge
25. Pool of shallow water connected to the sea by an inlet
keys
chasm
Watershed
lagoon
26. A shallow part of water that may be crossed by wading
continental shelf
meadow
moor
ford
27. A hill at the foot of higher hills
channel
strait
foothill
lake
28. A dividing ridge between drainage areas
peninsula
Woods
ledge
divide
29. A steep - rugged rock or cliff
latitude
headland
Woods
crag
30. An indefinite usually extended expanse of land
mine
snowline
Valley
country
31. A shore of a body of water covered by sand - gravel or larger rock fragments
Woods
beach
chasm
canyon
32. A long narrow sandy point of land projecting into water
reservoir
spit
swamp
beach
33. A hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
dune
dam
pier
latitude
34. A deep clef in the surface of the earth
ridge
chasm
altitude
field
35. Tapering piece of land projecting sharply into a stream or body of water
timberline
stream
sea
point
36. A flow of moving water
hill
stream
rapids
creek
37. Any very shallow spot in a body of water
shoal
island
longitude
downstream
38. Supplies of materials founding nature - such as minerals - water or coal
keys
canal
isthmus
natural resource
39. The meeting point of two streams - roads or railroads
junction
desert
canal
forest
40. Creek
brink
atoll
ocean
brook
41. A narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes
fjord
mountain
harbor
locks
42. The area from which a single stream or river and its tributaries drains all of the water
beach
crater
mountain range
drainage basin
43. A high - steep bank
land
bay
channel
bluff
44. Any one or all of the four largest connecting bodies of salt water on the earth's surface
gulf
fjord
ocean
dale
45. Land bordering the sea - a lake - or a large river
dell
shore
Waterfall
ledge
46. A line joining the waterfalls on numerous rivers that marks the point where each river descends from the upland to the lowland and the limit of the navigability of the river
fall line
bluff
moor
river mouth
47. The planet on which we live that is the third in order from the sun
plain
earth
pass
crater
48. A large dock from which ships may load or unload
brook
gorge
Wharf
elevation
49. A very steep - vertical or overhanging face of rock - earth or ice
lake
gulf
cliff
creek
50. Loose material which forms the upper surface of the earth
soil
fall line
steppe
headland