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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. The vertical elevation of an object above sea or land level
mountain
altitude
earth
creek
2. One of the 6 or 7 great divisions of land on the globe
ford
shoreline
Vegetation
continent
3. The area from which a single stream or river and its tributaries drains all of the water
inlet
ocean
land
drainage basin
4. Growing plants
seaport
Vegetation
fjord
crag
5. Pointed top of a hill or mountain
peak
longitude
terrace
mesa
6. Piece of land nearly surrounded by water and attached to a larger area of land or the mainland by an isthmus
plateau
Tunnel
grove
peninsula
7. Valley
ford
dale
isthmus
timber
8. Land where grass and other plants grow and where cattle - sheep - etc. can graze
knoll
soil
stream
pasture
9. Island or reef that doesn't stick up very far above the water
keys
horizon
branch
glacier
10. Forest land covered by trees of sufficient size - kind - and quality to be of commercial value
current
timber
crater
atoll
11. An open land free of woods and buildings
cultivated land
field
natural resource
brook
12. A point or extension of land jutting out into water as a peninsula
cape
forest
meadow
Waterfall
13. A small wood without underbrush
ledge
soil
pond
grove
14. Area of rolling land along the foot of a mountain range
field
prairie
creek
piedmont
15. Line on mountain above which trees do not grow
tableland
summit
left bank
timberline
16. 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
tundra
timber
prairie
beach
17. Area of land surrounded by water
point
headland
island
grove
18. Stream that flows into another stream
plain
archipelago
dike
tributary
19. A dense growth of trees and underbrush covering a large tract
beach
terrace
forest
desert
20. Narrow piece of land joining 2 larger bodies of land - or joining a peninsula with a mainland
horizon
isthmus
latitude
brook
21. An area of land covered with trees
Woods
rapids
tide
shoreline
22. Arid land with usually sparse vegetation; especially such land having a very warm climate and receiving less than 25 cm of sporadic rainfall annually
right bank
foothill
desert
reservoir
23. A hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
dike
field
earth
dune
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
Waterfall
bank
fall line
reservoir
25. A large body of water partly or nearly surrounded by land
timber
pasture
sea
tundra
26. An area of low - wet - poorly drained land
marsh
slope
Woods
sandbar
27. Tapering piece of land projecting sharply into a stream or body of water
tableland
point
basin
chasm
28. 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
peninsula
Whirlpool
sea level
Valley
29. A level area of high land varying in size from a mesa to a plateau
pool
tableland
dell
dale
30. Nearly level area of land usually of considerable size
glen
plain
Tunnel
knob
31. A pit from which coal - minerals or precious stones are taken by digging
beach
mine
current
peak
32. The line where the land meets the water
ford
precipice
shoreline
irrigated land
33. Natural or artificial lake - usually made by damming a stream of running water
creek
dike
dune
reservoir
34. Loose material which forms the upper surface of the earth
soil
topography
dune
archipelago
35. 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
meadow
sound
steppe
Woods
36. A shore of a body of water covered by sand - gravel or larger rock fragments
continental shelf
seaport
summit
beach
37. Small - round hill or mound
foothill
knoll
earth
dike
38. A large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier
iceberg
natural resource
continent
forest
39. Surface features of a region (hills - rivers - roads - etc.)
mountain range
moor
steppe
topography
40. A part of an ocean or sea extending into the land
ledge
topography
gulf
delta
41. The meeting point of two streams - roads or railroads
channel
junction
right bank
sandbar
42. An expanse of water with many scattered islands
meadow
dell
crag
archipelago
43. A flow of moving water
pool
swamp
stream
creek
44. Portion of earth's surface above the level of the sea or ocean
shoal
mesa
land
Woods
45. A bay or recess in the surface of a sea - lake - or river
inlet
tributary
cave
peak
46. Projection of rock having the appearance of a shelf
Waves
gulch
beach
ledge
47. An artificial waterway for navigation or for draining or irrigating land
dam
bayou
canal
knoll
48. A high - steep bank
harbor
dam
bog
bluff
49. A large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
glacier
sea level
brink
dam
50. To have prepared or prepared and used for the raising of crops
pier
tundra
knoll
cultivated land