Vocabulary
Bodies of Water
Man-Made
Landforms
Vocabulary
100
What is a large body of water surrounded by land?
lake
100
What is a man-made waterway that cuts through New York State?
Erie Canal
100
What is the largest city in the U.S.
New York City
100
What is the flat area that lies in the middle of the U.S.
Great Plains
100
What is natural physical features of earth's surface?
Landforms
200
What is a large natural stream of water flowing to the sea or another such stream?
river
200
What is the river that flows through northeastern Canada and serves as a major shipping route?
St. Lawrence River
200
The Declaration of Independence was written here?
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
200
What is a lowland area that borders an ocean? (We live on it!)
Atlantic Coastal Plain
200
What is a large area of flat land?
plain
300
What is a deep inlet of sea almost surrounded by land?
gulf
300
What is east of Mexico and west of Florida that has warmer water than the Atlantic Ocean?
Gulf of Mexico
300
What is a man-made waterway?
Erie Canal
300
What is known as the "backbone of North America"?
Continental Divide
300
What is artificial constructs created on the earth's surface.
Man-made features
400
What is an area of land drained by a river?
basin
400
What is located in the northern part of the U.S. and are the largest freshwater lakes in the world?
The Great Lakes
400
What is the capital of Massachusetts. It is located on the harbor of the Charles River.
Boston
400
What is the lowest point in North America and where is it located?
Death Valley in the Great Basin
400
What is an artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland?
canal
500
What is a low land between hills or mountains?
valley
500
What is the name of all 5 Great Lakes?
Huron, Superior, Michigan, Erie, Ontario
500
What is NOT an example of a man-made feature? Canal, river, dam, or skyscraper?
River
500
What is an area west of the Rocky Mts. and east of the Sierra Nevada. There are a lot of different elevations.
The Great Basin
500
What is a man-made place of greater size, population, or importance?
city
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