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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. Nearly level area of land usually of considerable size
keys
cultivated land
plain
ford
2. A bay or recess in the surface of a sea - lake - or river
river
inlet
river mouth
mouth
3. Series of rocks in a body of water - the tops of which are slightly beneath - or at - the surface
terrace
steppe
reef
canyon
4. Valley
tide
shoal
dale
headland
5. 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
ocean
river source
peak
prairie
6. The average level of the surface of the ocean measured along a shoreline
gulf
bank
sea level
longitude
7. The part of a fluid body moving continuously in a certain direction
current
stream
continent
brink
8. Large stream of water of natural origin which drains an area of land and flows into another river or body of water
mesa
river
current
moor
9. A wave breaking into foam (as against a sea shore)
breakers
fall line
horizon
slope
10. A secluded narrow valley
seaport
glen
crag
brook
11. Area of open wasteland - often swampy
desert
moor
earth
ford
12. A flat topped - rocky hill with steeply sloping sides
mesa
soil
reef
canal
13. A shore of a body of water covered by sand - gravel or larger rock fragments
canyon
Volcano
beach
marsh
14. An embankment beside a stream to prevent overflow.
levee
horizon
bog
bank
15. Moving ridge of water which rises and falls
piedmont
peak
Waves
cove
16. Very steep - high cliff
precipice
moor
mine
delta
17. A large body of water partly or nearly surrounded by land
brink
sea
mountain range
dell
18. A deep clef in the surface of the earth
headland
cultivated land
cinder cone
chasm
19. A large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
seaport
mountain range
glen
glacier
20. An inlet of water (as from the sea)
glacier
arm
strait
pond
21. A usually rounded natural elevation of land lower than a mountain
snowline
hill
soil
tide
22. Stream that flows into another stream
dale
harbor
downstream
tributary
23. Land bordering the sea - a lake - or a large river
shore
crag
savanna
forest
24. Fertile spot within a desert watered by underground springs or by irrigation
fall line
terrace
oasis
mouth
25. 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
lake
dell
continental shelf
strait
26. The edge at the top of a steep place
bluff
elevation
brink
meadow
27. A steep - rugged rock or cliff
crag
longitude
current
tableland
28. A level area of high land varying in size from a mesa to a plateau
Volcano
mesa
longitude
tableland
29. Large - flat plain without trees in the arctic regions
sea level
tundra
cliff
altitude
30. Bank of a stream which lies on the right side as one goes with the current
right bank
crater
Waterfall
sound
31. A pit from which coal - minerals or precious stones are taken by digging
tundra
mine
Wharf
archipelago
32. The land between hills or mountains - usually containing a stream
Valley
right bank
river mouth
branch
33. An inlet of the sea or other body of water usually smaller than a gulf
bay
oasis
sound
delta
34. An artificial waterway for navigation or for draining or irrigating land
topography
gulf
canal
moor
35. A long narrow sandy point of land projecting into water
pool
land
country
spit
36. Part of a stream where the water flows very swiftly over rocks
iceberg
topography
fall line
rapids
37. Supplies of materials founding nature - such as minerals - water or coal
Vegetation
gulf
dam
natural resource
38. An indefinite usually extended expanse of land
Waves
pass
country
lake
39. Loose material which forms the upper surface of the earth
Volcano
soil
shoreline
Waterfall
40. Cave; especially one of larger or indefinite extent
cavern
canal
delta
drainage basin
41. A shallow part of water that may be crossed by wading
cultivated land
ford
plateau
earth
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
river mouth
crag
Whirlpool
Woods
43. Large level - or nearly level - area of elevated land
drainage basin
plateau
pasture
Upstream
44. An expanse of water with many scattered islands
Vegetation
sandbar
archipelago
levee
45. North-south measurement of position on the earth
snowline
fall line
canal
latitude
46. A point of usually high land jutting out into a body of water
cliff
archipelago
chasm
headland
47. Piece of land nearly surrounded by water and attached to a larger area of land or the mainland by an isthmus
snowline
peninsula
tributary
cape
48. Natural or artificial lake - usually made by damming a stream of running water
shoreline
reservoir
pier
seaport
49. Russian term for mid-latitude
plain
steppe
Whirlpool
bluff
50. Deep spot in a stream
peninsula
altitude
Watershed
pool