Terms for bodies of water
Names of them are Indian, Atlantic, Pacific, Southern and Arctic.
What are oceans?
A landform completely surrounded by water.
What is an island?
The largest Great Lake. It is located between the United States and Canada.
What is Lake Superior?
The largest desert in the world. It is located in Africa.
What is the Sahara?
The capital city of Illinois.
What is Springfield?
Lake Michigan is one of these.
What are the Great Lakes?
A landform surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
The longest river in the world. It is located in Egypt.
What is the Nile?
The tallest mountain in the world. It is located in Nepal.
What is Mount Everest?
The city in England where Big Ben is.
What is London?
A large body of water that extends into the land.
What is a bay?
A narrow part of land that extends into the water.
What is a cape?
If you go to the beach on the west coast of Florida, you are on this body of water.
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
These mountains are found in western South America.
What are the Andes Mountains?
This is the capital city of the United States.
What is Washington D.C.?
A man-made waterway that is used to connect two larger bodies of water. There is a famous one in Panama.
A river can carve one of these over the course of several thousand years.
What is a canyon?
The world's largest river. It is located in Brazil.
What is the Amazon?
This is the tallest mountain in Africa.
What is Mount Kilimanjaro?
This Italian city is known for its ancient buildings, like the Colosseum and the Pantheon.
What is Rome?
A narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water.
What is a strait?
A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses.
What is an isthmus?
This is the large body of water located between Europe, Asia and Africa. Its name literally means "Middle of the Earth".
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This "pointy" part of Africa contains the countries of Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti.
What is the Horn of Africa?
This midwestern city is located close to Illinois and features an arch.
What is St. Louis?