Vocabulary #1
This is a body of land that is completely surrounded by water on all sides?
Island
These are 7 large landmasses that exist on Earth today?
Continents
Capital of Egypt?
Cairo
Capital of Russia?
Moscow
These are any of the 4 sections on Earth?
Hemispheres
This is a body of fresh water that is surrounded on all sides by land?
Lake
The is a body of land that extends into water and is surrounded on 3 sides by water?
Peninsula
Capital of China?
Beijing
Capital of Northern Ireland?
Belfast
These are the imaginary lines that run north to south on a map?
Latitude
This is a long stream of fresh water that usually empties into an ocean?
River
This is a low lying area of land between mountains?
Valley
Capital of Kenya?
Nairobi
Capital of India?
New Delhi
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These are the 2 imaginary lines that meet that divide the Earth into 4 hemispheres?
Equator and Prime Meridian
This is a piece of land the extends outward into a body of water, usually an ocean or a sea?
Cape
This is the location at the mouth of a river where soil and sand collects and build up?
Delta
Capital of Finland?
Helsinki
Capital of Iran?
Tehran
Name the 5 major oceans.
Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Southern
This is a small body of water that connects two larger bodies of water together?
Strait
This is a small piece of land that connects two larger landmasses together?
Capital of Ethiopia?
Addis Ababa
Capital of Liberia?
Monrovia
Name the 7 continents.
North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica