Geography Terms 7th Grade

A ________________________ is an area of Earth’s surface with one or more shared characteristics; an area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries 

• county

• country

• region

• mountain

____________________ is defined as a natural element such as rivers, mountains, deserts, oceans, etc….

• Physical Feature

• Political Feature

• mountain

• sea

Boundaries made (by people) defining where

countries may begin and end is called the __________________.

• continental divide

• Political Features

• Physical Feature

• lake

the position of a place in relationship to another place is called its _______________

• relative

• cousin

• relative location

• exact location

the exact spot on earth where something is found, usually stated in latitude and longitude is its

• absolute location

• location

• relative location

• exact spot

a _________________ is  a large area of an ocean partially surrounded by land

• island

• city

• gulf

• golf

a _____________________ is a narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water

• strait

• curvy

• island

• gulf

a _______________________________ is a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent (i.e., India). 

• subdivision

• subject

• submarine

• subcontinent

a _______________________ is a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.

• lake

• bay

• ocean

• sea

a ___________________________ is an area of land surrounded by water on three sides (i.e. Florida) 

• peninsula

• pencil

• island

• sandbar