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TN Geography Vocab

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

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1.

Lies west of the Highland Rim and Nashville Basin. It is the largest land region in terms of area in Tennessee. This area begins at the Gulf of Mexico and extends north into southern Illinois. ... The Tennessee Bottoms end in steep bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River in Memphis.

a)

Highland Rim

b)

Tennessee Valley

c)

Great Valley

d)

Gulf Coastal Plain

2.

__________________is a geographic term for the area in Tennessee surrounding the Central Basin. Nashville is largely surrounded by higher terrain in all directions.

a)

Highland Rim

b)

Great Smokey Mountains

c)

Gulf Coastal Plains

d)

Great Valley

3.

__________________,also known as the Central Basin, is a term often used to describe the area surrounding Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in which Nashville is located. ________________ was caused by an uplifting which produced a dome known as the Nashville Dome.

a)

Nashville Basin

b)

Cumberland Plateau

c)

Great Smokey Mountains

d)

Highland Rim

4.

The ________________________, is the southern part of the Appalachian Plateau in the Appalachian Mountains of the United States. It includes much of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, and portions of northern Alabama and northwest Georgia.

a)

Great Smokey Mountains

b)

Cumberland Plateau

c)

Great Valley

d)

Highland Rim

5.

The ______________, is one of the major landform features of eastern North America. It is a gigantic trough—a chain of valley lowlands—and the central feature of the Appalachian Mountain system.

a)

Great Smokey Mountains

b)

Gulf Coastal Plains

c)

Great Valley

d)

Cumberland Plateau

6.

The ________________________are a mountain range rising along the Tennessee–North Carolina border in the southeastern United States. They are a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains, and form part of the Blue Ridge Physiographic Province.

a)

Great Smoky Mountains

b)

Great Valley

c)

Highland Rim

d)

Gulf Coastal Plains

7.

Which letter shows the Great Smoky Mountains?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

D

d)

F

8.

Which letter shows the Gulf Coastal Plains?

a)

A

b)

C

c)

D

d)

E

9.

Which section shows the Nashville Basin?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

10.

Which section shows the Highland Rim?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

11.

Which Section shows the Great Valley?

a)

C

b)

D

c)

E

d)

F

12.

Which section shows the Cumberland Plateau?

a)

C

b)

D

c)

E

d)

F

13.

Which of the 6 regions of Tennessee is Carthage a part of?

a)

Cumberland Plateau

b)

Highland Rim

c)

Nashville Basin

d)

Great Smoky Mountains