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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 level land where grass is grown and usually cut for hay
pasture
meadow
shoal
mesa
2. The bank of a stream which lies on the left side as one goes with the current
tundra
fall line
coast
left bank
3. A hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
dune
cliff
desert
slope
4. Highest part of a hill or mountain
glacier
summit
irrigated land
bay
5. Structure projecting into the water and used as a docking or loading place for ships
mesa
pier
point
Woods
6. Cave; especially one of larger or indefinite extent
cavern
sound
Watershed
foothill
7. Series of connecting mountains
river source
mountain range
savanna
hill
8. To have prepared or prepared and used for the raising of crops
field
coast
summit
cultivated land
9. Part of a stream where the water flows very swiftly over rocks
plain
rapids
mountain
grove
10. A dividing ridge between drainage areas
peak
timberline
divide
iceberg
11. Alternate rise and fall of the water level of a lake or ocean caused by gravitational pull of the moon on the earth
pasture
Wharf
canyon
tide
12. Supplies of materials founding nature - such as minerals - water or coal
gulch
natural resource
Volcano
meadow
13. A dense growth of trees and underbrush covering a large tract
elevation
dale
soil
forest
14. A narrow passage though land; especially: a narrow steep-walled canyon or part of a canyon
soil
gorge
Whirlpool
right bank
15. A large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier
reef
beach
iceberg
stream
16. A creek - secondary water course or minor river that is tributary to another body of water
bayou
basin
mouth
branch
17. A pit from which coal - minerals or precious stones are taken by digging
mine
mouth
iceberg
Tunnel
18. Bank of a stream which lies on the right side as one goes with the current
isthmus
right bank
brink
sandbar
19. Smooth - rounded hill
ridge
fall line
knob
bayou
20. Russian term for mid-latitude
steppe
brook
chasm
coast
21. A deep - narrow valley with steep sides and often with a stream flowing through
canyon
savanna
knoll
precipice
22. A flow of moving water
field
Woods
irrigated land
stream
23. An embankment beside a stream to prevent overflow.
levee
spit
divide
desert
24. The alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river
slope
delta
earth
ford
25. 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
island
cove
Whirlpool
reef
26. Area of land surrounded by water
island
dale
tributary
cliff
27. Low land between two hills
river
Vale
plateau
headland
28. Arid land with usually sparse vegetation; especially such land having a very warm climate and receiving less than 25 cm of sporadic rainfall annually
gulf
cavern
desert
island
29. 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
drainage basin
sound
Whirlpool
seaport
30. The line on a mountain above which there is snow the year around
lagoon
latitude
snowline
Woods
31. Any land whose surface gradually rises in general direction
slope
cape
stream
gulch
32. A bowl-shaped depression formed by an impact or around the orifice of a volcano
ocean
crater
pass
pasture
33. The meeting point of two streams - roads or railroads
piedmont
junction
cultivated land
coast
34. North-south measurement of position on the earth
pass
reef
latitude
elevation
35. The elevated land or divide separating two drainage areas
cavern
Watershed
continent
creek
36. An inlet of the sea or other body of water usually smaller than a gulf
Waves
glen
isthmus
bay
37. One of the 6 or 7 great divisions of land on the globe
levee
dune
continent
basin
38. A small sheltered inlet or bay
cove
delta
cape
point
39. The vertical elevation of an object above sea or land level
headland
lake
altitude
glacier
40. A coral island consisting of a reef surrounding a lagoon
atoll
gulf
pond
basin
41. An area of land covered with trees
Woods
harbor
mine
peninsula
42. A high - steep bank
glen
grove
bluff
mountain chain
43. Surface features of a region (hills - rivers - roads - etc.)
tableland
natural resource
junction
topography
44. A part of an ocean or sea extending into the land
elevation
gulf
crag
plain
45. An inlet of water (as from the sea)
arm
peninsula
reef
piedmont
46. A shallow part of water that may be crossed by wading
ford
sea level
earth
brink
47. Long - narrow - conspicuous elevation of land
timberline
ridge
coast
snowline
48. Stream that flows into another stream
point
plateau
tributary
junction
49. Pointed top of a hill or mountain
peak
hill
dell
bay
50. The planet on which we live that is the third in order from the sun
earth
current
bog
mouth