Question | Answer |
A flat low-lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at it"s mouth | delta |
low land between hills or mountains | valley |
A GROUP of many islands | archipelago |
A stream or river that flows INTO another river | tributary |
A large body of WATER completly or partly surrounded by LAND! | sea |
A strip of LAND conneting 2 larger areas of LAND! | isthmus |
A broad and flat or gently rolling area usually low in elevation and covered with grasses | plains |
A large stream of water that flows into a lake,ocean,or other body of water | river |
A LANDFORM with high elevation and a pointed or rounded top higher than a hill | mountain |
a large body of WATER surrounded by LAND | lake |
An area of LAND completly surrounded by WATER! | island |
A dry, barren region that may be sandy and without trees | desert |
A huge mass of ice that moves slowly down a mountain | glacier |
A body of LAND jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on 3 sides by WATER | peninsula |
An opening in Earths surface through which staem, ashes, and lava are forced out | volcano |
A narrow passage of WATER that joins 2 larger bodies of WATER! | strait |
A point of land that extends into water | cape |
part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally smaller than a gulf | bay |
part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally larger than a bay | gulf |
A sheltered area of water where ships can anchor safely | harbor |
A waterway dug accross land through which ships can pass (man made) | canal |
A large, flat area that rises higher than the area around it :larger than a mesa | plateau |
the part where a river flows into a larger body of water | mouth |
the part where a river starts | source |
which map shows physical features? | phisical map |
which type of maps show borders of states and countries? | political map |
what type of map is a mall map ? | special purpouse map |
what are things that occur naturaly
A.physical differences
B. Human differences
C.Mountains | A.Physical differences |
what are differences that have changed due to people. | Human differences |
the 5 themes of geography are...... | place
region
interactions
location
movement |
regions are grouped in..... | general terms |
people change______________ | the enviornment |
the enviornment changes ______________ | people |
people depend on the ______________ | enviornment |
2 names for absolute are ____________
____________ | specific and exact |
2 names for relative are ____________
____________ | general and about |
movement in cludes the movement of people, things, and ideas True or false | true |
an acranim for place,riegon,interactions,location,and movment would be______________ | P
R
I
L
M |