Continents/Oceans
Understanding the Globe
Geographic Terms for Water and Landforms
Grab Bag 1
Grab Bag 2
100
What ocean is found off the west coast of the United States?
the Pacific Ocean
100
Name the four cardinal directions.
North, South, West and East
100
What do we call a body of land surrounded completely by water?
Island
100
What do we call a body of water surrounded by land?
Lake
100
What do we call a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides?
Peninsula
200
Name the seven continents.
Africa, Asia, Antarctica, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America
200
What do we call a tool or instrument for finding directions by first locating north
Compass
200
What do we call a smaller body of salt water?
a Sea
200
What do we call the low area between ranges of mountains or hills?
a Valley
200
What do we call the place where a river empties into a larger body of water?
Mouth
300
Name the largest continent.
Asia
300
Name the four intermediate directions.
Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest
300
What do we call the place where a river begins?
the Source
300
What do we call land areas that are mostly flat with few trees?
Plains
300
What do we call part of a sea or ocean that cuts into a land mass?
a Gulf
400
Name the largest ocean.
Pacific Ocean
400
Name the line that divides the earth into the eastern and western hemispheres.
Prime Meridian
400
What do we call a smaller stream that runs into a river?
Tributary
400
What do we call aspects of weather (temperature, rainfall, and wind) that are measure over time in an area?
Climate
400
What do we call the study of our physical surroundings and how humans interact with them?
Geography
500
Name the smallest continent.
Australia
500
A imaginary line that circles Earth from west to east but measures distance north or south of the Equator.
Latitude
500
What do we call the land at the mouth of a river where soil is deposited?
Delta
500
What do we call an imaginary line that circles earth from north to south but measures distance east of west of the Prime Meridian?
Longitude
500
What do we call a piece of land that juts out into the water and is usually smaller or narrowed than a peninsula?
Cape
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