Geography & Landforms Vocabulary
The study of the Earth: its land, water, weather, animals, and people.
What is geography?
The longest River in New York State.
What is the Hudson River?
The lake that forms part of New York’s northern border with Canada.
What is Lake Ontario?
People often choose to live near this because it provides water, food, and ways to travel.
What is water or a river?
The main city of a country or state where leaders work.
What is the capital?
A natural shape on Earth’s surface, like a mountain, hill, or valley.
What is a landform?
The waterfall is located on the border between New York and Canada.
What is Niagara Falls?
The lake forms part of New York’s western border with Pennsylvania.
What is Lake Erie?
People live nearby this to have drinking water and ways to travel.
What is River or water?
The little drawing on a map that shows directions.
What is a compass rose?
A big, long ditch filled with water that people build so boats can go through or farmers can get water.
What is a canal?
The capital of New York State.
What is Albany?
The group of lakes in central New York is long and narrow and is named because their shape looks like fingers.
What are the finger Lakes?
Rivers, mountains, and oceans help or make this harder.
What is travel or trade?
The work of growing food and raising animals on farms.
What is agriculture?
Any kind of water that falls from the sky, like rain, snow, or hail.
What is precipitation?
The canal that was completed in 1825 and connects the Hudson River to Lake Erie.
What is the Erie Canal?
The lake that lies on New York’s eastern border with Vermont and is popular for boating and fishing.
What is Lake Champlain?
This decides what kinds of crops can grow in a place.
What is the weather or climate?
The feature of the Earth that affects where people live and what they do.
What is geography?
The usual kind of weather a place has for a long time.
What is climate?
The three Mountain Ranges in New York State we discussed.
What is Alleghany, Adirondack and Catskill Mountains.
The river that flows northeast from Lake Ontario and forms part of the border between New York and Canada.
What is the St. Lawrence River?
This affects how people build their houses and what clothes they wear.
What is the weather or environment?
A man-made feature built to help people travel or grow food.
What is a canal?