Lesson 2 Vocab

What is a bowl-shaped landform that is lower than the surrounding land?

• valley

• basin

• mountain

• plateau

What is low, flat land that runs along a coast?

• beach

• inland

• region

• coastal plain

What is the grid formed by crisscrossing lines of latitude and longitude on a map?

• lines

• global grid

• maps

• scale

What is land

not bordering an ocean or a large body of water by an ocean?

• inland

• land

• basin

• island

What is a a wall typically made of dirt, built along a river to keep it from flooding?

• wall

• dam

• levee

• snadbag wall

What are the

imaginary lines that run east and west around the globe; also called parallels

• lines of latitude

• north lines

• parallel lines

• grid

What are imaginary lines that run between the North and South Poles; also called meridians?

• long lines

• grid

• lines of longitude

• time zone

What is an explanation of what the symbols on a map stand for?

• global grid

• scale

• map key

• story

What is a high, flat landform that rises steeply from the land around it?

• island

• mountain

• flat land

• plateau

What is an an area that shares similar features?

• my hometown

• region

• the United States

• a country