EOWCH2S2

________are huge towers of rock and are the highest landforms.

• plains

• hills

• mountains

• isthmus

_____are flat lowlands, typically found along coasts and lowland river valleys.

• Flatlands

• Hills

• Islands

• Plains

An __________is a narrow strip of land that connects two larger landmasses and has water on two sides.

• plain

• hill

• valley

• isthmus

A __________, such as Florida, is a piece of land that is connected to a larger landmass on one side but has water on the other three sides.

• lake

• peninsula

• island

• isthmus

• river

A body of land that is smaller than a continent and completely surrounded by water is an _______.

• lake

• peninsula

• island

• isthmus

• river

Off each coast of a continent lies a plateau called a __________ that stretches for several miles underwater.

• trenches

• continental shelf

• ocean floor

• ocean plates

• tectonic plates

Tectonic activity also makes deep cuts in the ocean floor

called ________.

• trenches

• continental shelf

• ocean floor

• ocean plates

• tectonic plates

The Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean is the deepest. It plunges 36,198 feet (11,033 m) below __________.

• trenches

• sea level

• ocean floor

• ocean plates

• tectonic plates

People choose a place to live based on a number of factors. __________the average temperature and rainfall of a region—is one factor that people must consider.

• Climate

• Availability of resources

• Money

• Friends

The ________ is another factor. People settle where they can

get freshwater and where they can grow food, catch fish, or raise animals.

• Climate

• Availability of resources

• Money

• Friends