Social Studies - Unit 1: Lesson 1: New York’s Regions

A large area that rises steeply above the surrounding land.

• plateau

• valley

• plain

• desert

Earth’s seven great bodies of land. (Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word: geography, landform, plateau, region, continent, valley, glacier, natural resource)

• continent

• valley

• plateau

• glacier

The study of the Earth and of the ways people, plants and animals use it.

• geography

• biology

• chemistry

• astronomy

The low land between hills or mountains, often with a river.

• valley

• plateau

• desert

• island

A natural feature on Earth’s surface. (Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word: geography, landform, plateau, region, continent, valley, glacier, natural resource)

• landform

• geography

• region

• continent

Something found in nature that people can use. (Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word: geography, landform, plateau, region, continent, valley, glacier, natural resource)

• natural resource

• plateau

• valley

• continent

An area with common features such as landforms, rivers or natural resources.

• region

• continent

• climate

• ecosystem

Giant sheets of ice. (Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word: geography, landform, plateau, region, continent, valley, glacier, natural resource)

• glacier

• plateau

• valley

• continent

The grid system that has the lines going west to east (across).

• latitude

• longitude

• meridian

• prime meridian

The grid system that has the lines going north to south (up and down).

• longitude

• latitude

• altitude

• equator