Chapter 3 vocabulary

Choose the correct definition of physical feature.

• a highway or other road on Earth

• a natural landform or body of water on Earth

• a city or other community on Earth

• a natural resource used to make something on Earth

Choose the correct definition of political feature.

• a defined area established by a population that has its own government

• a geographic characteristic that relates to landforms, such as a border or capital

• a defined area established by government that is shown on maps

• a geographic characteristic that relates to government, such as a border or capital

Choose the correct definition of capital city.

• the city that has been part of a country or state the longest

• the city that has the most visitors in a country or state

• the city that is the official seat of government in a country or state

• the city that is the largest in a country or state

Choose the correct definition of landform.

• a physical change to the Earth’s surface, such as a climate or atmospheric change

• a physical change to the Earth’s surface, such as an earthquake or a flood

• a physical feature of the Earth’s surface, such as an altitude or elevation

• a physical feature of the Earth’s surface, such as a mountain, peninsula, or desert

a defined area established by government that has its own national, state, local, or other special form of government

• political feature

• physical feature

• capital city

• political entity

Which landform is this?

• island

• peninsula

• delta

• valley

Which landform is this?

• canyon

• plateau

• valley

• plain

Which landform is this?

• plain

• canyon

• delta

• desert

Which landform is this?

• valley

• hill

• mountain

• plateau

Which landform is this?

• delta

• plain

• island

• canyon