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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. The meeting point of two streams - roads or railroads
island
junction
basin
Whirlpool
2. A very steep - vertical or overhanging face of rock - earth or ice
isthmus
island
left bank
cliff
3. Part of a stream where the water flows very swiftly over rocks
rapids
ford
seaport
cave
4. The end of a stream; point at which a stream enters a lake - sea or ocean
brook
knob
mouth
foothill
5. Supplies of materials founding nature - such as minerals - water or coal
knoll
left bank
field
natural resource
6. The rising ground bordering a lake - river or sea
lake
bog
mountain range
bank
7. Russian term for mid-latitude
chasm
terrace
meadow
steppe
8. A barrier preventing the flow of water or of solid materials (as snow and ice)
dam
point
natural resource
foothill
9. The elevated land or divide separating two drainage areas
gulch
Watershed
topography
soil
10. A tropical or subtropical grassland containing scattered trees and drought-resistant undergrowth
savanna
timber
irrigated land
pond
11. In the direction of or near to the mouth of a stream
river
shoreline
downstream
bank
12. Moving ridge of water which rises and falls
Volcano
Waves
estuary
junction
13. Inland body of water usually of considerable size
plain
gulf
lake
basin
14. Land watered by artificial means through the use of canals or ditches
ridge
irrigated land
creek
pool
15. Wet - spongy ground; especially: a poor drained - usually acid area rich in accumulated plant material - frequently surrounding a body of open water - and having a characteristic flora
rapids
bog
Wharf
shoreline
16. West-east measurement of position on the earth
longitude
Tunnel
timberline
topography
17. The land between hills or mountains - usually containing a stream
dell
reservoir
locks
Valley
18. A pit from which coal - minerals or precious stones are taken by digging
plateau
mine
Tunnel
soil
19. The alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
delta
natural resource
mesa
country
20. The angular distance of something above the sea
continent
gulf
elevation
gorge
21. Projection of rock having the appearance of a shelf
longitude
point
mountain
ledge
22. Large level - or nearly level - area of elevated land
channel
Valley
terrace
plateau
23. A large dock from which ships may load or unload
Wharf
mouth
swamp
Woods
24. A dividing ridge between drainage areas
divide
timber
swamp
ocean
25. Small - round hill or mound
Woods
peak
knoll
coast
26. A deep clef in the surface of the earth
chasm
Valley
bank
natural resource
27. A creek - secondary water course or minor river that is tributary to another body of water
island
bayou
dune
shore
28. A large body of water partly or nearly surrounded by land
cultivated land
sea
ledge
Vegetation
29. An enclosure with gates built in a canal or river so that ships can be raised or lowered by changing the water level
locks
continent
bank
archipelago
30. Low land between two hills
field
tundra
Vale
continent
31. Series of connecting mountains
reef
mountain range
delta
bluff
32. Loose material which forms the upper surface of the earth
mountain chain
soil
Waves
estuary
33. Long - narrow - conspicuous elevation of land
prairie
harbor
ridge
estuary
34. Any one or all of the four largest connecting bodies of salt water on the earth's surface
levee
branch
arm
ocean
35. One of the 6 or 7 great divisions of land on the globe
irrigated land
cape
continent
ledge
36. A narrow passage though land; especially: a narrow steep-walled canyon or part of a canyon
mesa
gorge
dune
pier
37. A long narrow sandy point of land projecting into water
natural resource
country
glen
spit
38. Any very shallow spot in a body of water
atoll
shoal
Watershed
cinder cone
39. The land near a shore
field
coast
knob
tableland
40. Portion of earth's surface above the level of the sea or ocean
altitude
cinder cone
land
Waves
41. Structure projecting into the water and used as a docking or loading place for ships
pasture
mountain range
pier
precipice
42. Any natural grassland but usually used to describe the vast areas of level or rolling land without trees in the central part of the United States
desert
Waves
archipelago
prairie
43. The planet on which we live that is the third in order from the sun
tableland
plain
earth
mountain range
44. A flow of moving water
plain
dale
stream
summit
45. A bank usually of earth constructed to control or confine water
right bank
reservoir
levee
dike
46. Island or reef that doesn't stick up very far above the water
current
summit
tundra
keys
47. A large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
glacier
field
seaport
knob
48. Land where grass and other plants grow and where cattle - sheep - etc. can graze
current
pool
junction
pasture
49. Large - flat plain without trees in the arctic regions
tundra
plateau
crater
savanna
50. Creek
elevation
brook
meadow
Volcano