Geography Terms

Desert

• Isolated peaks

• a length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger areas of water, especially two seas

• Very, very high, with trees all over it

• a dry, barren area of land, especially one covered with sand

• Waterfall

• Sound

• Atoll

• Canyon

Fill in the blank: _______ is the study of the features of Earth's surface and the way people use Earth's resources.

• Geography

• Biology

• Astronomy

• Chemistry

Fill in the blank: A ______ is land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides.

• peninsula

• island

• continent

• plateau

What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• North Pole

• South Pole

Fill in the blank: Imaginary lines on a map that run east and west and measure distances north and south of the Equator are called _________.

• latitude

• longitude

• meridians

• parallels

Fill in the blank: Imaginary lines on a map that run north and south and measure distances east and west of the Prime Meridian are called _________.

• latitude

• longitude

• equator

• tropics

Fill in the blank: The imaginary line on a map that divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres; 0 degrees latitude is called the _________.

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• Arctic Circle

Fill in the blank: The imaginary line on a map that divides the earth into eastern and western hemispheres; 0 degrees longitude is called the _________.

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Tropic of Cancer

• International Date Line

Fill in the blank: A main landmass of the globe; there are seven (Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica) is called a _________.

• continent

• island

• peninsula

• archipelago