U.S. Geography Vocabulary

What is the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these, including the distribution of populations and resources, land use, and industries?

• State

• Latitude

• Geography

• Landform

What is a natural feature of the earth's surface?

• Geography

• Landform

• Continent

• Natural resources

What is any of the world's main continuous expanses of land?

• Continent

• State

• City

• Country

What is a politically organized body of people usually occupying a definite territory?

• Continent

• City

• Country

• State

What is an inhabited place of greater size, population, or importance than a town or village?

• City

• Continent

• State

• Country

What is any significant accumulation of water, generally on a planet's surface?

• Latitude

• Natural resources

• Bodies of water

• Continent

What is an area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries?

• Latitude

• Longitude

• State

• Regions

What is the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator?

• Regions

• Longitude

• Country

• Latitude

What is the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England?

• Longitude

• Regions

• Latitude

• Country

What are materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain?

• States

• Natural resources

• Regions

• Bodies of water