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Geographic Features

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Each of these colored areas of land is a ___________.

a)

continent

b)

country

c)

island

d)

state

2.

This is a narrow waterway that could also be called a channel, a passage, or a narrow.

a)

river

b)

sound

c)

cape

d)

strait

3.

What is this large piece of land sticks out into the water and is almost completely surrounded by water called?

a)

archipelago

b)

paisade

c)

cape

d)

peninsula

4.

This boat is passing through a long, narrow bit of sea between tall cliffs called a __________.

a)

river

b)

palisade

c)

canyon

d)

fjord

5.

Which feature is a land mass surrounded by water but smaller than a continent?

a)

Island

b)

peninsula

c)

Gulf

d)

Lake

6.

Which feature is a natural stream of fresh water that empty into a larger body of water?

a)

Lake

b)

River

c)

Tributary

d)

Ocean

7.

What are parts of a sea or ocean partly surrounded by land?

a)

Island

b)

Peninsula

c)

Gulf/Bay

d)

River

8.

a large, hot, dry area of land with very few plants

a)

dessert

b)

savannah

c)

desert

d)

jungle

9.
A _____ is a body of salt water, smaller than an ocean.
a)
ocean
b)
sea
c)
river
d)
lake
10.
A ____ is a large natural elevation of the Earth’s surface that rises from the Earth’s surface.
a)
hill
b)
mountain
c)
plateau
d)
mesa
11.
A __ is a piece of land that juts out into a body of water and surrounded on three sides of it. 
a)
isthmus
b)
strait
c)
peninsula
d)
cape
12.
A narrow strip of land with sea/ocean on both sides, linking between two larger areas of land.
a)
isthmus
b)
strait
c)
bayou
d)
gulf
13.

What is this feature?

a)

River

b)

Bay

c)

Delta

d)

Swamp

14.

What is this?

a)

Atoll

b)

Island

c)

Oasis

d)

Archipelago

15.

What is this feature?

a)

River

b)

Oasis

c)

Sound

d)

Strait

16.

A shrub or tree that grows mainly in an equatorial climate.

a)
Arctic plant
b)
Temperate tree
c)

Mangrove

d)
Desert shrub
17.

A climate that has little to no rain; too dry or barren to support vegetation.

a)
Rainforest
b)

Arid

c)
Tundra
d)
Savanna
18.

A high point of land that extends into a body of water.

a)
delta
b)
cape
c)
peninsula
d)
island
19.

the North-Central African semi-arid region between the Sahara Desert and savanna regions

a)
Kalahari Desert
b)
Sahara Desert
c)
Sahel
d)
Savanna
20.

tropical or subtropical grassland with scattered trees and shrubs

a)
Tundra
b)
Rainforest
c)
Desert
d)
Savanna
21.

a flat, elevated area of land that rises above the surrounding area on at least one side. The word plateau comes from the French word for "table land".

a)
Valley
b)
Plateau
c)
Hill
d)
Mountain