Geography Vocabulary Quiz

A land mass inhabited by people who share a common territory and government.

• nation
• hemisphere
• continent
• climate

Lines of latitude and longitude that divide the earth into halves.

• hemisphere
• nation
• continent
• climate

The world’s largest land masses.

• continent
• nation
• hemisphere
• climate

Important Georgia river that forms part of the western boundary of the state.

• Chattahoochee River
• Savannah River
• barrier islands
• Fall Line

Major river that is used for trade and makes up Georgia’s eastern border with South Carolina.

• Savannah River
• Chattahoochee River
• barrier islands
• Fall Line

The largest swamp in North America; located in southeastern Georgia.

• Okefenokee Swamp
• Savannah River
• Chattahoochee River
• Fall Line

A mountain chain that stretches from Georgia to Maine.

• Appalachian Mountains
• Appalachian Plateau
• barrier islands
• Fall Line

Islands located off the coast of Georgia; provides protection from hurricanes to the Georgia coast.

• barrier islands
• Savannah River
• Chattahoochee River
• Fall Line

A geographic boundary that separates the Piedmont and Coastal Plain regions; named for decrease in elevation.

• Fall Line
• Appalachian Mountains
• Appalachian Plateau
• barrier islands

a composite of prevailing weather conditions of a location.

• climate
• nation
• hemisphere
• continent