Vocabulary
Geography Terms
Continents
Oceans
Tools Geographers Use
100

Our home state of Florida is this term which describes a piece of land that is almost completely surrounded by water on all sides.

What is a peninsula?

100

This term describes things that make a particular location unique and is one of the 5 themes of geography.

What is place?

100

This is the continent that is home to the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

What is North America?

100

This ocean is the largest on Earth.

What is the Pacific (Ocean)?

100

This tool is popular among history teachers as it represents the entire Earth but on a much smaller scale on their desks.

What are globes?

200

This term describes land that IS completely surrounded by water.

What is an island?

200

This is the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres and gives us latitude lines for navigation.

What is the equator?

200

This is the continent where you would find countries such as Brazil, Venezuela, and Peru.

What is South America?

200

The silver medal for 2nd largest ocean goes to this body of water.

What is the Atlantic (Ocean)?

200

Before the days of GPS, these were the most common tools used and created to help find your way around.

What are maps?

300

This term describes a mountain or hill, typically conical, that has a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust. 

What is a volcano?

300

This term describes how people change and alter the location that they move to or live in.

What is human-environment interaction?

300

Welcome to jolly old England which is located on this continent.

What is Europe?

300

Maybe you'll see Santa Claus going for a swim in these chilly waters.

What is the Arctic (Ocean)?

300

The satellites in space we use to help guide us around with our phones and other navigation tools use this 3 letter technology.

What is GPS?

400

A large area of flat land with few trees is the definition for this term.

What is a plain?

400

This imaginary line divides the Earth into the eastern and western hemispheres and gives us longitude lines.

What is the Prime Meridian?

400

This is the only continent that is also a country.

What is Australia?

400

This ocean is the only one to be named for the country that it is close to.

What is the Indian (Ocean)?

400

Before modern technology, ancient geographers used to use these celestial (space) objects to guide them around.

What are stars?

500

A deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it. Sometimes they can be "Grand".

What is a canyon?

500

Your street address describes this kind of location which is incredibly precise.

What is Absolute Location?

500

If you fancy Chinese food or Japanese anime, you would be very interested in visiting this continent.

What is Asia?

500

Maybe Santa's twin swims in this ocean which is the furthest down on the Earth.

What is the Southern (Ocean)?

500

These lines give us the exact location for anything on Earth.

What are longitude and latitude? 

(Also will accept, Prime Meridian and Equator)

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