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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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1. A bank usually of earth constructed to control or confine water
pass
field
dike
strait
2. Cave; especially one of larger or indefinite extent
Waves
cavern
dale
chasm
3. Fertile spot within a desert watered by underground springs or by irrigation
tributary
mountain
headland
oasis
4. Chain of mountains
forest
mountain chain
shore
Valley
5. A dividing ridge between drainage areas
shoreline
horizon
plain
divide
6. A shallow part of water that may be crossed by wading
ford
sea
gorge
rapids
7. The land between hills or mountains - usually containing a stream
left bank
Valley
precipice
archipelago
8. 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
cultivated land
natural resource
plateau
9. Deep spot in a stream
stream
pool
land
inlet
10. A level area of high land varying in size from a mesa to a plateau
shoal
tableland
timberline
prairie
11. The bank of a stream which lies on the left side as one goes with the current
rapids
left bank
crater
land
12. The bed where a natural stream of water runs
drainage basin
Vegetation
sandbar
channel
13. Land bordering the sea - a lake - or a large river
basin
hill
shore
current
14. Loose material which forms the upper surface of the earth
mesa
soil
shoal
dam
15. In the direction of or near to the mouth of a stream
divide
ridge
downstream
bank
16. Small - round hill or mound
crater
timberline
bay
knoll
17. A dense growth of trees and underbrush covering a large tract
forest
channel
canal
mountain range
18. An inlet of water (as from the sea)
dell
crag
Upstream
arm
19. A harbor or dock for large ships where materials can be loaded or unloaded
continental shelf
knoll
creek
seaport
20. An area of low - wet - poorly drained land
marsh
altitude
junction
ocean
21. A long narrow sandy point of land projecting into water
cinder cone
spit
canyon
continent
22. Area of land surrounded by water
island
junction
estuary
strait
23. Creek
dell
inlet
brook
left bank
24. Natural or artificial lake - usually made by damming a stream of running water
dale
reservoir
divide
Watershed
25. Any place where water flows in a small circle usually caused by the current of a stream striking a bank or by two currents meeting
dike
timber
Whirlpool
lagoon
26. An expanse of water with many scattered islands
cave
downstream
archipelago
bluff
27. A bay or recess in the surface of a sea - lake - or river
chasm
piedmont
shore
inlet
28. A passageway of water connecting two large bodies of water
shoreline
strait
Valley
ridge
29. A deep clef in the surface of the earth
arm
seaport
chasm
channel
30. A barrier preventing the flow of water or of solid materials (as snow and ice)
dam
lagoon
cape
Valley
31. A part of an ocean or sea extending into the land
Valley
piedmont
spit
gulf
32. Large stream of water of natural origin which drains an area of land and flows into another river or body of water
latitude
plain
river
breakers
33. Growing plants
Vegetation
piedmont
Valley
forest
34. The rising ground bordering a lake - river or sea
bank
cultivated land
topography
shoal
35. Projection of rock having the appearance of a shelf
spit
fall line
snowline
ledge
36. The area from which a single stream or river and its tributaries drains all of the water
bog
Watershed
cinder cone
drainage basin
37. A secluded hollow or small valley usually covered with trees or turf
keys
shoreline
country
dell
38. The elevated land or divide separating two drainage areas
ocean
Watershed
pool
tide
39. Line on mountain above which trees do not grow
grove
timberline
reef
creek
40. A large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
sea
glacier
soil
coast
41. A wave breaking into foam (as against a sea shore)
lagoon
savanna
bog
breakers
42. Highest part of a hill or mountain
dale
bayou
Whirlpool
summit
43. A long and rather narrow body of water - larger than a strait - connecting two large bodies of water or separating a large island from the mainland
mountain
sound
delta
cultivated land
44. A large dock from which ships may load or unload
Waves
basin
Wharf
ocean
45. Something that extends from or enters into a main body or source
brook
Woods
Whirlpool
branch
46. Large - flat plain without trees in the arctic regions
levee
tundra
fall line
continental shelf
47. Series of rocks in a body of water - the tops of which are slightly beneath - or at - the surface
timberline
mountain range
pool
reef
48. A small wood without underbrush
oasis
forest
grove
precipice
49. A large or small depression in the surface of the land or in the ocean floor
arm
basin
fall line
point
50. A deep - narrow valley with steep sides and often with a stream flowing through
canyon
stream
knoll
left bank