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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. 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
dike
soil
Whirlpool
sound
2. A dense growth of trees and underbrush covering a large tract
forest
plain
branch
brook
3. A level and rather narrow area of land with one steep edge bordering a river - a lake - or the sea
inlet
terrace
pasture
moor
4. Highest part of a hill or mountain
summit
prairie
brook
island
5. Any land whose surface gradually rises in general direction
mine
slope
canal
tundra
6. A small wood without underbrush
fall line
right bank
grove
brink
7. Island or reef that doesn't stick up very far above the water
strait
keys
gulf
creek
8. A deep - narrow valley with steep sides and often with a stream flowing through
isthmus
Wharf
basin
canyon
9. 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
bluff
Whirlpool
terrace
plateau
10. To have prepared or prepared and used for the raising of crops
reef
cultivated land
fjord
meadow
11. Area of open wasteland - often swampy
moor
cove
brook
mountain range
12. Smooth - rounded hill
knob
elevation
Waterfall
sea level
13. Alternate rise and fall of the water level of a lake or ocean caused by gravitational pull of the moon on the earth
piedmont
ocean
Watershed
tide
14. A steep - rugged rock or cliff
timberline
crag
Waves
fall line
15. A deep clef in the surface of the earth
breakers
chasm
topography
ford
16. Any very shallow spot in a body of water
river source
tableland
shoal
cultivated land
17. An enclosure with gates built in a canal or river so that ships can be raised or lowered by changing the water level
locks
pool
atoll
steppe
18. Land bordering the sea - a lake - or a large river
shore
dune
breakers
estuary
19. A large body of water partly or nearly surrounded by land
sea
gulch
gorge
harbor
20. The elevated land or divide separating two drainage areas
meadow
Watershed
dune
summit
21. A shallow part of water that may be crossed by wading
ford
point
estuary
continent
22. Area of level land where grass is grown and usually cut for hay
altitude
lagoon
divide
meadow
23. A part of an ocean or sea extending into the land
ocean
elevation
cape
gulf
24. A harbor or dock for large ships where materials can be loaded or unloaded
seaport
bog
river source
pass
25. Point where a river empties and ends its course
inlet
river mouth
mouth
moor
26. An artificial waterway for navigation or for draining or irrigating land
dam
creek
chasm
canal
27. An inlet of water (as from the sea)
mountain chain
Watershed
pond
arm
28. Area of rolling land along the foot of a mountain range
bog
dam
continental shelf
piedmont
29. Pointed top of a hill or mountain
current
shore
peak
junction
30. A passageway of water connecting two large bodies of water
strait
iceberg
earth
basin
31. A small sheltered inlet or bay
cove
pond
peak
current
32. The vertical elevation of an object above sea or land level
altitude
seaport
bog
mouth
33. A usually rounded natural elevation of land lower than a mountain
canal
divide
hill
basin
34. A hill at the foot of higher hills
Waterfall
foothill
timber
chasm
35. Long - narrow - conspicuous elevation of land
ridge
bog
harbor
prairie
36. Nearly level area of land usually of considerable size
plain
mine
stream
fjord
37. Creek
harbor
tundra
terrace
brook
38. The line where the land meets the water
rapids
peninsula
shoreline
dell
39. The line on a mountain above which there is snow the year around
longitude
snowline
left bank
mountain
40. A high - steep bank
hill
bluff
island
crater
41. Large - flat plain without trees in the arctic regions
tundra
archipelago
pier
spit
42. A large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier
knob
earth
archipelago
iceberg
43. An area of low spongy land too wet to farm but usually supporting an abundance of coarse grasses - trees - or other vegetation
bog
cultivated land
swamp
summit
44. A creek - secondary water course or minor river that is tributary to another body of water
atoll
ocean
bayou
Vale
45. An inlet of the sea or other body of water usually smaller than a gulf
soil
pass
cavern
bay
46. An area of land covered with trees
mountain
cavern
iceberg
Woods
47. Inland body of water usually of considerable size
tableland
Waterfall
dune
lake
48. Large level - or nearly level - area of elevated land
knoll
plateau
ridge
field
49. Russian term for mid-latitude
dike
Vegetation
swamp
steppe
50. Loose material which forms the upper surface of the earth
soil
piedmont
Valley
spit