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The study of the physical features of the earth.
What is geography.
A unit of angular measure
What is Degrees
Contains a chain or group of islands scattered in lakes, rivers, or the ocean
What is archipelago
A long, deep, narrow body of water that reaches far inland.
What is fjord.
A body of water that is surrounded by land
What is a lake
A symbol on a map that shows the cardinal directions.
What is a Compass Rose with Cardinal Directions
the starting point for measuring distance both east and west around Earth.
What is Prime Meridian
the sea or other body of water usually smaller than a gulf
What is the Bay
A part of an ocean or sea extending into the land
What is a Gulf
A fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed.
What is a lock or loch
imaginary lines that divide the Earth
What is Lines of Latitude
the relationship between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground.
What is scale
A human-made waterway that allows boats and ships to pass from one body of water to another.
What is a canal
An area of water next to the coast, often protected from the sea by a thick wall, where ships and boats can shelter
What is a harbor
A piece of land that is almost entirely surrounded by water but is connected to the mainland on one side.
What is the peninsula.
imaginary lines that divide the Earth from top to bottom
What is Lines of Longitude
the misrepresentation of shape, area, distance, or direction of or between geographic features when compared to their true measurements on the curved surface of the earth.
What is distortions
narrow, elevated landforms that extend into a body of water, such as an ocean, river, or lake
What is a Cape (in geography)
a body of land surrounded by water
What is an Island
A portion of the ocean that is partly surrounded by land
What is the sea
the great circle of the earth
What is Equator
A list of symbols that appear on the map.
What is key / legend
a slope of land adjoining a body of water, or a large elevated area of the sea floor
What is Delta
A narrow strip of land that connects two larger landmasses and separates two bodies of water.
What is an isthmus
A comparatively narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water
What is a strait (Hint:The Strait of Hormuz)