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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 tropical or subtropical grassland containing scattered trees and drought-resistant undergrowth
savanna
channel
dam
country
2. Point where a river begins
Valley
cultivated land
river source
pasture
3. A bank usually of earth constructed to control or confine water
dike
sound
peak
sea level
4. Smooth - rounded hill
peninsula
estuary
Waves
knob
5. A pit from which coal - minerals or precious stones are taken by digging
mine
strait
stream
summit
6. The vertical elevation of an object above sea or land level
oasis
altitude
Watershed
Vale
7. Deep spot in a stream
coast
pool
current
earth
8. Valley
beach
divide
dale
sea
9. Piece of land nearly surrounded by water and attached to a larger area of land or the mainland by an isthmus
peninsula
gorge
brook
bog
10. The angular distance of something above the sea
breakers
elevation
drainage basin
strait
11. A shallow part of water that may be crossed by wading
timber
ford
pass
coast
12. A point or extension of land jutting out into water as a peninsula
river
spit
field
cape
13. Series of connecting mountains
mountain range
forest
bluff
Waves
14. A level and rather narrow area of land with one steep edge bordering a river - a lake - or the sea
Waterfall
earth
terrace
Vegetation
15. A usually rounded natural elevation of land lower than a mountain
steppe
latitude
hill
timberline
16. A flat topped - rocky hill with steeply sloping sides
cove
pier
plateau
mesa
17. A large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier
iceberg
bluff
steppe
strait
18. The edge at the top of a steep place
forest
brink
timber
cinder cone
19. A creek - secondary water course or minor river that is tributary to another body of water
inlet
peak
current
bayou
20. Narrow piece of land joining 2 larger bodies of land - or joining a peninsula with a mainland
ford
hill
isthmus
estuary
21. An indefinite usually extended expanse of land
country
cape
reef
branch
22. A very steep - vertical or overhanging face of rock - earth or ice
precipice
cliff
isthmus
knoll
23. A long narrow sandy point of land projecting into water
spit
summit
tributary
earth
24. Area of level land where grass is grown and usually cut for hay
foothill
reef
current
meadow
25. Low land between two hills
gulch
Vale
slope
bank
26. Any very shallow spot in a body of water
pasture
river source
shoal
breakers
27. A part of a body of water protected and deep enough to furnish anchorage; especially: one with port facilities
soil
sandbar
harbor
moor
28. Land where grass and other plants grow and where cattle - sheep - etc. can graze
divide
cinder cone
harbor
pasture
29. The line on a mountain above which there is snow the year around
continental shelf
snowline
channel
canal
30. A deep - narrow valley with steep sides and often with a stream flowing through
natural resource
horizon
canyon
beach
31. Island or reef that doesn't stick up very far above the water
soil
cliff
keys
forest
32. A narrow passage though land; especially: a narrow steep-walled canyon or part of a canyon
gorge
pasture
creek
delta
33. A wave breaking into foam (as against a sea shore)
breakers
tide
Tunnel
Valley
34. The rising ground bordering a lake - river or sea
cliff
headland
bank
river source
35. A deep or precipitous cleft: ravine; especially: one occupied by a torrent
desert
gulch
Upstream
cove
36. An enclosure with gates built in a canal or river so that ships can be raised or lowered by changing the water level
locks
Upstream
plain
sandbar
37. An opening in the earth's surface from which flows - or has flowed - molten rock - steam - cinders - gas - and rock fragments
river mouth
coast
Volcano
Wharf
38. A stream of water dropping over a dam or precipice
Waterfall
spit
oasis
shore
39. A large or small depression in the surface of the land or in the ocean floor
right bank
basin
sea level
downstream
40. A flow of moving water
meadow
basin
hill
stream
41. Series of rocks in a body of water - the tops of which are slightly beneath - or at - the surface
cinder cone
coast
mountain
reef
42. A coral island consisting of a reef surrounding a lagoon
atoll
delta
fjord
continent
43. A large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
levee
glacier
tributary
savanna
44. A hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
dune
mountain
lagoon
rapids
45. 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
mesa
cove
glen
sound
46. A passageway of water connecting two large bodies of water
Waves
prairie
topography
strait
47. A dense growth of trees and underbrush covering a large tract
glen
forest
right bank
strait
48. The meeting point of two streams - roads or railroads
shoal
creek
dam
junction
49. Stream that flows into another stream
mine
canyon
peninsula
tributary
50. Highest part of a hill or mountain
river
divide
summit
natural resource