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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 elevated land or divide separating two drainage areas
timber
canyon
Watershed
cavern
2. Natural or artificial lake - usually made by damming a stream of running water
glen
river
cultivated land
reservoir
3. Part of a stream where the water flows very swiftly over rocks
continental shelf
rapids
timber
creek
4. North-south measurement of position on the earth
snowline
pool
latitude
brook
5. Land watered by artificial means through the use of canals or ditches
crag
terrace
irrigated land
dike
6. Small - round hill or mound
knoll
cape
Whirlpool
Watershed
7. Creek
natural resource
plain
savanna
brook
8. A small wood without underbrush
field
grove
locks
tide
9. Growing plants
marsh
Vegetation
cape
forest
10. To have prepared or prepared and used for the raising of crops
earth
prairie
cultivated land
lake
11. Area of rolling land along the foot of a mountain range
bluff
sandbar
piedmont
gorge
12. A lofty elevation on the earth's surface
savanna
mountain
Waterfall
shore
13. A dense growth of trees and underbrush covering a large tract
cultivated land
levee
meadow
forest
14. A barrier preventing the flow of water or of solid materials (as snow and ice)
dam
hill
tributary
point
15. The line where the land meets the water
pond
Valley
shoreline
piedmont
16. A stream of water dropping over a dam or precipice
mouth
isthmus
Waterfall
knob
17. Any one or all of the four largest connecting bodies of salt water on the earth's surface
shoreline
mountain range
ocean
elevation
18. A high - steep bank
pasture
sandbar
bluff
reef
19. The bed where a natural stream of water runs
forest
continent
cove
channel
20. The planet on which we live that is the third in order from the sun
earth
steppe
cultivated land
cave
21. A deep or precipitous cleft: ravine; especially: one occupied by a torrent
brink
spit
gulch
shoreline
22. Projection of rock having the appearance of a shelf
iceberg
plateau
mountain range
ledge
23. A deep clef in the surface of the earth
spit
chasm
junction
rapids
24. Bank of a stream which lies on the right side as one goes with the current
soil
Upstream
right bank
earth
25. A secluded narrow valley
glen
Upstream
lagoon
dale
26. A part of a body of water protected and deep enough to furnish anchorage; especially: one with port facilities
swamp
harbor
plateau
shore
27. An area of low - wet - poorly drained land
oasis
marsh
ridge
timber
28. A level area of high land varying in size from a mesa to a plateau
sound
atoll
tableland
Volcano
29. A dividing ridge between drainage areas
pond
divide
estuary
lagoon
30. Very steep - high cliff
Vegetation
canyon
precipice
stream
31. In the direction of or near to the mouth of a stream
cliff
river
downstream
Wharf
32. A point of usually high land jutting out into a body of water
headland
bluff
Woods
mine
33. Arid land with usually sparse vegetation; especially such land having a very warm climate and receiving less than 25 cm of sporadic rainfall annually
dale
rapids
chasm
desert
34. The vertical elevation of an object above sea or land level
island
altitude
timberline
plateau
35. The angular distance of something above the sea
basin
bog
elevation
shore
36. An indefinite usually extended expanse of land
tundra
country
pond
marsh
37. The land near a shore
tributary
mesa
bog
coast
38. Inland body of water usually of considerable size
moor
steppe
lake
spit
39. The end of a stream; point at which a stream enters a lake - sea or ocean
Tunnel
topography
mouth
gulch
40. An artificial passage beneath the surface of the earth
Wharf
Tunnel
seaport
river
41. Long - narrow - conspicuous elevation of land
shoal
altitude
creek
ridge
42. A very steep - vertical or overhanging face of rock - earth or ice
cliff
Woods
left bank
arm
43. Surface features of a region (hills - rivers - roads - etc.)
pass
Vegetation
Whirlpool
topography
44. A deep - narrow valley with steep sides and often with a stream flowing through
canyon
Woods
oasis
cape
45. A small sheltered inlet or bay
Vale
continent
cove
keys
46. A passageway of water connecting two large bodies of water
canyon
strait
steppe
cultivated land
47. Area of level land where grass is grown and usually cut for hay
mesa
foothill
pass
meadow
48. Pool of shallow water connected to the sea by an inlet
lagoon
gulch
soil
estuary
49. An area of land covered with trees
cliff
Woods
archipelago
Tunnel
50. A shallow submarine plane of varying width forming a border to a continent and typically ending in a comparatively steep slope to the deep ocean floor
snowline
dike
mesa
continental shelf