WorksheetsUnited States Geography Vocabulary
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Five ideas that help you learn about the earth and everything on it are...
location
5 themes of geography
place
hemisphere
This is one of the five themes of geography that tells where a place is.
location
place
movement
human environment interaction
Where a place is located in relation to other places is called...
place
movement
geography
relative location
The main land masses of the earth are called...
plateaus
geography
continents
mountain ranges
Half of the earth is called...
a hemisphere
a continent
absolute location
an Equator
An imaginary line that divides the earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres is the...
absolute location
Prime Meridian
river system
Equator
An imaginary line that divides the earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres is called the...
Equator
Prime Meridian
absolute location
continent
The location of a place on earth identified by a grid system such as latitude and longitude is called...
geography
absolute location
relative location
place
This is one of the five themes of geography that tells what it's like there.
location
place
movement
relative location
Geographic features that come from nature are called...
human characteristics
continents
5 themes of geography
physical characteristics
Features on the earth's surface that were made by people are...
physical characteristics
continents
human characteristics
river systems
A low area surrounded by higher land is a...
basin
coastal plain
plain
plateau
A low-lying stretch of flat or gently rolling land is a...
valley
plateau
basin
plain
Flat land with a higher elevation is a...
plain
plateau
basin
river system
Low land that lies along an ocean is a...
gulf
valley
coastal plain
basin
A deep, narrow valley with steep sides is a...
plateau
plain
gulf
canyon
A dry region that gets very little rain is a...
coastal plain
desert
basin
plateau
A row of connected mountains is a...
plateau
canyon
mountain range
basin
A river and its tributaries is called a...
river system
gulf
coastal plain
mountain range
A low piece of land between two hills or mountains is a...
river system
coastal plain
gulf
valley
Part of a sea or ocean that cuts into a land mass is a...
river system
coastal plain
gulf
basin
