Social Studies - Geography and Map skills

An opening in the earth's crust from which lava flows

• Hill

• Mountain

• Volcano

• valley

A natural area of water that is MOSTLY surrounded by land

• Lake

• River

• Bay

• Peninsula

A narrow strip of land that connects two large areas of land

• peninsula

• hill

• isthmus

• plain

A large crack in the earth formed by a river or earthquakes

• mountain

• hill

• isthmus

• canyon

Low, water land that is formed at the mouth of a river.

• valley

• delta

• plain

• plateau

What is the difference between a plain and a plateau?

• A plain is raised higher than the land around it.

• A plateau is raised higher than the land around it.

• There is no difference between a plain and a plateau.

One of the seven large land masses located on the Earth.

• Continent

• State

• Land Mass

• Landform

Natural features that make up the Earth’s surface.

• Boundaries

• State

• Landforms

• Continent

A ___ is a model of the Earth.

• equatoe

• scale

• globe

• symbol

A ___ explains what the symbols are on the map.

• symbol

• map key

• map

• scale