Unit 4 Vocab Quiz #1

a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between steep slopes.

• Fjord

• Uplands

• Meseta

• Polder

a hill or very low mountain that may also contain mesas and high plateaus.

• Fjord

• Uplands

• Meseta

• Polder

the central plateau of Spain.

• Fjord

• Uplands

• Meseta

• Polder

the uplands of France, which account for about one-sixth of French lands.

• Fjord

• Massif Central

• Meseta

• Polder

A current of warm water from the Tropics

• Fjord

• Sirocco

• Mistral

• North Atlantic Drift

a cold, dry wind from the North.

• Mistral

• Sirocco

• Polder

• North Atlantic Drift

a hot, steady south wind that blows from North Africa across the Mediterranean Sea into southern Europe, mostly in spring.

• Mistral

• Sirocco

• Polder

• North Atlantic Drift

an earthen bank used to direct or prevent the passage of water.

• Dike

• Seaworks

• Polder

• Sike

land that is reclaimed from the sea or other body of water by diking and drainage.

• Dike

• Seaworks

• Polder

• Sike

a structure used to control the sea's destructive impact on human life.

• Dike

• Seaworks

• Polder

• Sike