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United States Geography Vocabulary

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Five ideas that help you learn about the earth and everything on it are...

a)

location

b)

5 themes of geography

c)

place

d)

hemisphere

2.

This is one of the five themes of geography that tells where a place is.

a)

location

b)

place

c)

movement

d)

human environment interaction

3.

Where a place is located in relation to other places is called...

a)

place

b)

movement

c)

geography

d)

relative location

4.

The main land masses of the earth are called...

a)

plateaus

b)

geography

c)

continents

d)

mountain ranges

5.

Half of the earth is called...

a)

a hemisphere

b)

a continent

c)

absolute location

d)

an Equator

6.

An imaginary line that divides the earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres is the...

a)

absolute location

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

river system

d)

Equator

7.

An imaginary line that divides the earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres is called the...

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

absolute location

d)

continent

8.

The location of a place on earth identified by a grid system such as latitude and longitude is called...

a)

geography

b)

absolute location

c)

relative location

d)

place

9.

This is one of the five themes of geography that tells what it's like there.

a)

location

b)

place

c)

movement

d)

relative location

10.

Geographic features that come from nature are called...

a)

human characteristics

b)

continents

c)

5 themes of geography

d)

physical characteristics

11.

Features on the earth's surface that were made by people are...

a)

physical characteristics

b)

continents

c)

human characteristics

d)

river systems

12.

A low area surrounded by higher land is a...

a)

basin

b)

coastal plain

c)

plain

d)

plateau

13.

A low-lying stretch of flat or gently rolling land is a...

a)

valley

b)

plateau

c)

basin

d)

plain

14.

Flat land with a higher elevation is a...

a)

plain

b)

plateau

c)

basin

d)

river system

15.

Low land that lies along an ocean is a...

a)

gulf

b)

valley

c)

coastal plain

d)

basin

16.

A deep, narrow valley with steep sides is a...

a)

plateau

b)

plain

c)

gulf

d)

canyon

17.

A dry region that gets very little rain is a...

a)

coastal plain

b)

desert

c)

basin

d)

plateau

18.

A row of connected mountains is a...

a)

plateau

b)

canyon

c)

mountain range

d)

basin

19.

A river and its tributaries is called a...

a)

river system

b)

gulf

c)

coastal plain

d)

mountain range

20.

A low piece of land between two hills or mountains is a...

a)

river system

b)

coastal plain

c)

gulf

d)

valley

21.

Part of a sea or ocean that cuts into a land mass is a...

a)

river system

b)

coastal plain

c)

gulf

d)

basin