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WorksheetsBasic Geography Vocabulary
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Arctic Circle
Imaginary line about 66 degrees South of the Equator
Imaginary line about 66 degrees North of the Equator
Imaginary line about 66 degrees West of the Equator
Imaginary line about 66 degrees East of the Equator
Basin
The base of a mountain
The name for an old bath tub
Islands clustered together
Area of land lower then the surrounding land.
Bay
Area of an ocean that extends into the land.
Area of land that extends into the ocean.
Canyon
Short, wide, low-sided valley
Deep, narrow, high-sided valley
Long, level, flat-sided valley
Shallow, uneven, smooth-sided valley
Cape
What superheroes wear
Land in the shape of a cape that is worn
Water that is trapped by land on all 4 sides
Land extending beyond the the rest of the shoreline into the ocean.
Climate
Migratory geese patterns
Another name for the First Nations People
Weather that occurs in an area over time
Travel patterns for indigenous people.
Continent
Alaska
Huge mountain mass
Huge water mass
Huge land mass
Country
Independent nation with a name and boundary
Independent nation that has a president
Alaska and Brazil
Texas and Mexico
Desert
You eat this after your main course at dinner
Dry area that has lots of animal and plant life
Dry area that receives a very little amount of precipitation
Equator
Imaginary line that runs east to west around the globe
Imaginary line that runs north to south around the globe
Glacier
Huge mass of slowly moving water
Huge mass of slowly moving land
Huge mass of slowly moving people
Huge mass of slowly moving ice
Hemisphere
1/3 of the earth
1/2 of the earth
3/8 of the earth
5/16 of the earth
Plain
Small area of hilly land
Large area where it is very mountainous
Small area of land where there is no vegetation
Large area of flat or rolling treeless land
Prairie
Hilly land covered in tress
Flat, or rolling land with a few tress covered in grass
Mountainous land covered in streams
Strait
How you are supposed to walk in line
Narrow body of water that connects a lake to the ocean
Narrow body of land that connects to more land
Narrow body of water that connects 2 other larger bodies of water
Summit
Highest point on a hill or mountain
Lowest point on a hill or mountain
Tundra
Treeless plain close to or above the Antarctic Circle
Old comic book strip
Cone-shaped mountain
Treeless plain close to or above the Arctic Circle
Valley
Usually next to a waterfall
Long, low-laying area usually between hills or mountains
Where a river will flow into another river
Land surrounded by water on 3 sides
Plateau
Large area of land that is higher than the surrounding land
Large area of land that is lower than the surrounding land
Large area of land that is wetter than the surrounding land
Peninsula
Land that is completely surrounded by water
Land that is barely surrounded by water
Land where there is no water around it
Land almost surrounded by water
Ocean
Atlantic, Red, Black, Pacific
Arctic, Mediterranean, Indian, Gulf of Mexico
Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Indian
Baltic, Pacific, Atlantic, Caspian
Precipitation
How many people live in a specific place
How we break down molecules
Moisture that falls to the earth
Dust particles that fall to the earth
Political map
A map of all the 50 states
A map that shows the boundaries and names of countries
A map that shows the governments of each country
Physical map
A map that shows exercises
A map that shows governments
A map that shows boundaries of each country.
A map that shows the physical features of an area.
