Vocabulary 1
The river's ______ was at the ocean, where the water flowed into the bay.
Choices: mouth, dam, sandbar
The river's water had a yellow color because of the _____ that it carried.
Choices: orchard, drainage basin, silt
The river's water had a yellow color because of the silt that it carried.
The Nile River is located on the continent of ____.
The Nile River is located on the continent of Africa.
When a dam is built, which of the following things results?
A. a waterfall
B. a gorge
C. a reservoir
D. a canal
Which river has the largest dam in the world? Hint: It is located in Asia!
Choices: Nile River, Amazon River, Yangtze River, Ob River
The Yangtze River has the largest dam in the world.
The river's _____ was high in the mountains, where winter snows melted in the spring.
Choices: flow, source, delta
The river's source was high in the mountains, where winter snows melted in the spring.
Silt deposits at the mouth of the river form a triangular shape called a ______.
Choices: delta, vineyard, wasteland
A _______ is a stream or smaller river that flows into a larger river.
The Amazon River flows through this type of surrounding environment.
A. a frozen wasteland
B. a harsh desert
C. high mountains and deep gorges
D. a lush rainforest
D. a lush rainforest
The Rhine River and Danube Rivers are on which continent?
A. North America
B. Asia
C. Europe
D. Africa
C. Europe
The largest river and several other connective rivers formed a _________ that carried water away from a large part of the country.
Choices: drainage basin, pasture, river pilot
The largest river and several other connective rivers formed a drainage basin that carried water away from a large part of the country.
The small town drank water held in the local _____.
Choices: flood, source, reservoir
The small town drank water held in the local reservoir.
The Nile River is the ________ river in the world.
The Nile River is the longest river in the world.
A. silt that flows in the river.
B. deserts that surround the river.
C. brightly colored fish in the river.
D. pollution in the river.
A. silt that flows in the river.
The Murray and Darling Rivers combine to form a _____.
A. drainage basin
B. source
C. mouth
D. canal network
A. drainage basin
The small ______ flowed into the larger river.
Choices: pasture, tributary, riverbank
The small tributary flowed into the larger river.
The river made it possible for a great _____ to develop thousands of years ago.
Choices: pasture, civilization, sandbar
The river made it possible for a great civilization to develop thousands of years ago.
The Amazon River is the second-longest river in the world and is located on the continent of ________ _________.
The Amazon River is the second-longest river in the world and is located on the continent of South America.
An unusual feature of the Ganges River is that it
A. has a delta at its mouth.
B. is used for irrigation
C. is considered holy by Hindu people.
D. has the world's largest dam.
A key feature that the Nile River and the Yellow River share is that they
A. provide transportation to Europe.
B. provide irrigation to surrounding fields.
C. are famous for having large waterfalls.
D. are located in the same country.
B. provide irrigation to surrounding fields.
The farmers used the river to provide ______ for their crops.
Choices: irrigation, reservoir, thermometer
The farmers used the river to provide irrigation for their crops.
The people depended on the river as a ____ of drinking water.
Choices: delta, dam, source
The people depended on the river as a source of drinking water.
Watering crops by moving water from a well, a river, or a lake to a place where it does not rain enough to grow crops is called _________.
Watering crops by moving water from a well, a river, or a lake to place where it does not rain enough to grow crops is called irrigation.
A ________ is a society, or group of people, with similar religious beliefs, customs, language, and form of government.
A. government
B. country
C. civilization
D. church
A civilization is a society, or group of people, with similar religious beliefs, customs, language, and form of government.
Special dangers in navigating the Ob River, which empties into the Arctic Ocean, are
A. powerful rapids
B. shifting sandbars
C. freezing temperatures and ice.
D. the waterfalls.
C. freezing temperatures and ice.