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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. Area of land surrounded by water
river
continental shelf
glacier
island
2. Growing plants
shoreline
country
Vegetation
river mouth
3. Pool of shallow water connected to the sea by an inlet
Valley
continental shelf
chasm
lagoon
4. Opening through hills or mountains used as a route for highways or railroads
topography
pass
left bank
plain
5. To have prepared or prepared and used for the raising of crops
ledge
horizon
cultivated land
cavern
6. A wave breaking into foam (as against a sea shore)
crater
glacier
field
breakers
7. Stream that flows into another stream
tributary
meadow
continental shelf
iceberg
8. Natural or artificial lake - usually made by damming a stream of running water
peak
cliff
reservoir
peninsula
9. An area of low spongy land too wet to farm but usually supporting an abundance of coarse grasses - trees - or other vegetation
piedmont
pond
swamp
dike
10. An indefinite usually extended expanse of land
country
island
downstream
earth
11. A level and rather narrow area of land with one steep edge bordering a river - a lake - or the sea
dell
pier
terrace
oasis
12. A stream of water dropping over a dam or precipice
Waterfall
Vale
dike
lagoon
13. The planet on which we live that is the third in order from the sun
longitude
rapids
altitude
earth
14. A small wood without underbrush
grove
mesa
marsh
pasture
15. Large level - or nearly level - area of elevated land
plateau
atoll
cinder cone
dam
16. A point of usually high land jutting out into a body of water
brink
harbor
headland
cove
17. Line on mountain above which trees do not grow
earth
altitude
Upstream
timberline
18. Arid land with usually sparse vegetation; especially such land having a very warm climate and receiving less than 25 cm of sporadic rainfall annually
desert
bluff
horizon
field
19. A creek - secondary water course or minor river that is tributary to another body of water
marsh
lagoon
chasm
bayou
20. The vertical elevation of an object above sea or land level
latitude
stream
altitude
sandbar
21. A dense growth of trees and underbrush covering a large tract
river
forest
foothill
glen
22. The elevated land or divide separating two drainage areas
dell
timber
Watershed
longitude
23. An area of low - wet - poorly drained land
marsh
dune
tide
soil
24. A point or extension of land jutting out into water as a peninsula
brook
slope
timber
cape
25. Portion of earth's surface above the level of the sea or ocean
branch
land
cliff
field
26. Loose material which forms the upper surface of the earth
country
soil
Vale
continent
27. Creek
savanna
snowline
brook
rapids
28. A large or small depression in the surface of the land or in the ocean floor
mountain
basin
slope
snowline
29. 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
crater
shoreline
keys
30. Bank of a stream which lies on the right side as one goes with the current
reservoir
dune
left bank
right bank
31. An area of land covered with trees
Woods
channel
river mouth
spit
32. A usually rounded natural elevation of land lower than a mountain
dam
hill
Watershed
tributary
33. A deep clef in the surface of the earth
chasm
Valley
sea
bayou
34. The bed where a natural stream of water runs
channel
creek
current
estuary
35. A flow of moving water
stream
cliff
Waves
mountain chain
36. Area of rolling land along the foot of a mountain range
glacier
divide
gulf
piedmont
37. A tropical or subtropical grassland containing scattered trees and drought-resistant undergrowth
irrigated land
savanna
meadow
field
38. Series of connecting mountains
chasm
mountain range
mountain
land
39. Forest land covered by trees of sufficient size - kind - and quality to be of commercial value
downstream
timber
tableland
basin
40. A bank usually of earth constructed to control or confine water
latitude
dike
Valley
hill
41. Low land between two hills
mountain
irrigated land
Vale
strait
42. A lofty elevation on the earth's surface
longitude
mountain
gulch
creek
43. An inlet of water (as from the sea)
tributary
Woods
arm
bank
44. A level area of high land varying in size from a mesa to a plateau
tableland
plateau
Watershed
mountain chain
45. Series of rocks in a body of water - the tops of which are slightly beneath - or at - the surface
harbor
knoll
latitude
reef
46. Very steep - high cliff
shore
canal
precipice
savanna
47. A bay or recess in the surface of a sea - lake - or river
cape
right bank
Volcano
inlet
48. The land near a shore
peninsula
coast
shoal
canal
49. Area of level land where grass is grown and usually cut for hay
divide
meadow
timberline
timber
50. A very steep - vertical or overhanging face of rock - earth or ice
tundra
stream
Waterfall
cliff