Basic Geography Vocabulary Quiz

What does a map legend tell you?

• The color or symbol for landforms or bodies of water on a map

• The distance between two points

• The direction of north

Click on ALL FOUR of the correct answers.

This map legend includes symbols for: _______.

• mountains

• Venus

• plateaus

• plains

• rivers

What is geography?

• The study of stars

• The study of Earth

• The study of animals

Geography is the study of Earth. A geographer studies Earth's land and ____.

• sky

• water

• animals

What is the name of all of the different shapes of land found on the Earth?

• Landforms

• Oceans

• Forests

What is a canyon?

• A narrow valley with high, steep sides, often with a stream at the bottom

• A mountain with a flat top

• A large body of water.

Fill in the blank: Some _______ are very narrow.

• mountains

• canyons

• lakes

Fill in the blank: A ______ is a large stream of water that flows into a lake or an ocean.

• river

• mountain

• volcano

What is a dam?

• A structure that people build across a stream or river to hold back water.

• A natural waterfall.

• A type of boat.

The Grand Canyon was formed by the _________ River over millions of years.

• Mississippi

• Colorado

• Amazon