General Geo
The Shifting Surface
Seats of Power
Maryland and Beyond
100

An area of higher elevation, ending in a peak

Mountain


100

What is the name of the theoretical ancient super continent?

Pangea

100

Capital of the United States

Washington D.C.
100

The longest river in the US

The Mississippi River


200

A body of water which flows through land

River


200

What is the name of the theory that describes the slow movement of land masses over a long period of time?

Continental Drift Theory


200

Capital of Maryland

Annapolis


200

This state occupies a peninsula

Florida


300

A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides

Peninsula


300

What is the name of the 1977 map of the ocean floor that advanced the modern understanding of plate tectonics

Tharp-Heezen Map


300

Capital of California

Sacramento


300

The most populous city in the US

New York City


400

A group of Islands

Archipelago

400

What is the term for a large surge of water created by seismic activity on the ocean floor

Tsunami

400

Capital of New York state

Albany


400

What is the name of the river that flows through Washington DC before depositing in the Chesapeake Bay?

The Potomac River


500

A small strip of land connecting two larger land masses

Isthmus


500
What is the name for the seismically active region surrounding the Pacific Plate

The Ring of Fire



500

What is the capital of Alaska

Juneau



500
What is the name of the specific watershed that run off from Cheverly STEM deposits into?

The Anacostia Watershed