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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. Pointed top of a hill or mountain
current
peak
sandbar
peninsula
2. Forest land covered by trees of sufficient size - kind - and quality to be of commercial value
timber
sandbar
downstream
keys
3. A stream of water dropping over a dam or precipice
Whirlpool
Waterfall
shore
shoal
4. Structure projecting into the water and used as a docking or loading place for ships
shore
latitude
pier
peak
5. A point of usually high land jutting out into a body of water
mesa
spit
bog
headland
6. Tapering piece of land projecting sharply into a stream or body of water
delta
point
Whirlpool
glacier
7. A deep - narrow valley with steep sides and often with a stream flowing through
rapids
irrigated land
canyon
precipice
8. To have prepared or prepared and used for the raising of crops
cultivated land
ocean
estuary
iceberg
9. The vertical elevation of an object above sea or land level
altitude
rapids
Tunnel
archipelago
10. Island or reef that doesn't stick up very far above the water
pier
left bank
keys
fall line
11. Inland body of water usually of considerable size
lake
locks
continental shelf
current
12. The rising ground bordering a lake - river or sea
pasture
bog
bank
Valley
13. The end of a stream; point at which a stream enters a lake - sea or ocean
mouth
channel
seaport
Wharf
14. The edge at the top of a steep place
brink
gorge
tableland
river source
15. A water passage where the tide meets a river or current; especially; the arm of the sea of the lower end of a river
estuary
mesa
shoreline
prairie
16. Land where grass and other plants grow and where cattle - sheep - etc. can graze
forest
headland
bluff
pasture
17. The meeting point of two streams - roads or railroads
mountain range
latitude
gulf
junction
18. The bed where a natural stream of water runs
tide
tributary
channel
brink
19. A lofty elevation on the earth's surface
mountain
seaport
cavern
meadow
20. Direction from which a stream is flowing
dam
Upstream
ford
plateau
21. A hill at the foot of higher hills
branch
foothill
seaport
river
22. A part of an ocean or sea extending into the land
pasture
dell
gulf
piedmont
23. A deep or precipitous cleft: ravine; especially: one occupied by a torrent
hill
Woods
gulch
mountain chain
24. 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
desert
bay
steppe
fall line
25. Highest part of a hill or mountain
summit
headland
plain
mountain
26. The bank of a stream which lies on the left side as one goes with the current
locks
left bank
Vegetation
foothill
27. A flat topped - rocky hill with steeply sloping sides
dike
mesa
divide
ocean
28. Area of rolling land along the foot of a mountain range
dell
brink
point
piedmont
29. An opening in the earth's surface from which flows - or has flowed - molten rock - steam - cinders - gas - and rock fragments
crater
Wharf
Volcano
iceberg
30. Any one or all of the four largest connecting bodies of salt water on the earth's surface
island
ocean
sound
cave
31. Narrow piece of land joining 2 larger bodies of land - or joining a peninsula with a mainland
ledge
pass
isthmus
swamp
32. 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
prairie
country
soil
fjord
33. A passageway of water connecting two large bodies of water
strait
topography
downstream
tableland
34. Bank of a stream which lies on the right side as one goes with the current
pasture
altitude
right bank
dale
35. A creek - secondary water course or minor river that is tributary to another body of water
Vegetation
divide
bayou
dike
36. Russian term for mid-latitude
junction
steppe
field
ridge
37. A secluded hollow or small valley usually covered with trees or turf
gulch
Wharf
brook
dell
38. Nearly level area of land usually of considerable size
mountain
topography
cavern
plain
39. A natural stream of water normally smaller than an often tributary to a river
gorge
creek
chasm
island
40. Portion of earth's surface above the level of the sea or ocean
land
ridge
point
channel
41. A hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
meadow
bluff
dune
altitude
42. 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
locks
steppe
Whirlpool
dam
43. The land between hills or mountains - usually containing a stream
mountain range
snowline
Valley
cove
44. A shore of a body of water covered by sand - gravel or larger rock fragments
horizon
beach
cave
moor
45. Point where a river begins
cultivated land
mouth
crag
river source
46. A bay or recess in the surface of a sea - lake - or river
spit
steppe
inlet
tide
47. Something that extends from or enters into a main body or source
branch
cultivated land
steppe
right bank
48. A usually rounded natural elevation of land lower than a mountain
tide
hill
canal
desert
49. Area of land surrounded by water
timberline
lagoon
island
elevation
50. The apparent junction of earth and sky
shoal
horizon
Waves
junction