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Basic Geography Vocabulary

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Arctic Circle

a)

Imaginary line about 66 degrees South of the Equator

b)

Imaginary line about 66 degrees North of the Equator

c)

Imaginary line about 66 degrees West of the Equator

d)

Imaginary line about 66 degrees East of the Equator

2.

Basin

a)

The base of a mountain

b)

The name for an old bath tub

c)

Islands clustered together

d)

Area of land lower then the surrounding land.

3.

Bay

a)

Area of an ocean that extends into the land.

b)

Area of land that extends into the ocean.

4.

Canyon

a)

Short, wide, low-sided valley

b)

Deep, narrow, high-sided valley

c)

Long, level, flat-sided valley

d)

Shallow, uneven, smooth-sided valley

5.

Cape

a)

What superheroes wear

b)

Land in the shape of a cape that is worn

c)

Water that is trapped by land on all 4 sides

d)

Land extending beyond the the rest of the shoreline into the ocean.

6.

Climate

a)

Migratory geese patterns

b)

Another name for the First Nations People

c)

Weather that occurs in an area over time

d)

Travel patterns for indigenous people.

7.

Continent

a)

Alaska

b)

Huge mountain mass

c)

Huge water mass

d)

Huge land mass

8.

Country

a)

Independent nation with a name and boundary

b)

Independent nation that has a president

c)

Alaska and Brazil

d)

Texas and Mexico

9.

Desert

a)

You eat this after your main course at dinner

b)

Dry area that has lots of animal and plant life

c)

Dry area that receives a very little amount of precipitation

10.

Equator

a)

Imaginary line that runs east to west around the globe

b)

Imaginary line that runs north to south around the globe

11.

Glacier

a)

Huge mass of slowly moving water

b)

Huge mass of slowly moving land

c)

Huge mass of slowly moving people

d)

Huge mass of slowly moving ice

12.

Hemisphere

a)

1/3 of the earth

b)

1/2 of the earth

c)

3/8 of the earth

d)

5/16 of the earth

13.

Plain

a)

Small area of hilly land

b)

Large area where it is very mountainous

c)

Small area of land where there is no vegetation

d)

Large area of flat or rolling treeless land

14.

Prairie

a)

Hilly land covered in tress

b)

Flat, or rolling land with a few tress covered in grass

c)

Mountainous land covered in streams

15.

Strait

a)

How you are supposed to walk in line

b)

Narrow body of water that connects a lake to the ocean

c)

Narrow body of land that connects to more land

d)

Narrow body of water that connects 2 other larger bodies of water

16.

Summit

a)

Highest point on a hill or mountain

b)

Lowest point on a hill or mountain

17.

Tundra

a)

Treeless plain close to or above the Antarctic Circle

b)

Old comic book strip

c)

Cone-shaped mountain

d)

Treeless plain close to or above the Arctic Circle

18.

Valley

a)

Usually next to a waterfall

b)

Long, low-laying area usually between hills or mountains

c)

Where a river will flow into another river

d)

Land surrounded by water on 3 sides

19.

Plateau

a)

Large area of land that is higher than the surrounding land

b)

Large area of land that is lower than the surrounding land

c)

Large area of land that is wetter than the surrounding land

20.

Peninsula

a)

Land that is completely surrounded by water

b)

Land that is barely surrounded by water

c)

Land where there is no water around it

d)

Land almost surrounded by water

21.

Ocean

a)

Atlantic, Red, Black, Pacific

b)

Arctic, Mediterranean, Indian, Gulf of Mexico

c)

Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Indian

d)

Baltic, Pacific, Atlantic, Caspian

22.

Precipitation

a)

How many people live in a specific place

b)

How we break down molecules

c)

Moisture that falls to the earth

d)

Dust particles that fall to the earth

23.

Political map

a)

A map of all the 50 states

b)

A map that shows the boundaries and names of countries

c)

A map that shows the governments of each country

24.

Physical map

a)

A map that shows exercises

b)

A map that shows governments

c)

A map that shows boundaries of each country.

d)

A map that shows the physical features of an area.