Geography Vocabulary Exam: Quiz!
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- 1.An artificial channel that brings water to a dry region for general use.
- A.
Crater
- B.
Basin
- C.
Aqueduct
- D.
Freeway
- 2.Waves breaking into foam as they approach or dash against the shore.
- A.
Tributary
- B.
Breakers
- C.
Lagoon
- D.
Pier
- 3.Continental divide.
- A.
A small valley
- B.
The height of land on the North American continent that separates the waters that flow east to the Atlantic Ocean from the waters that flow west to the Pacific Ocean
- C.
A projection of rock having the appearance of a shelf
- D.
A map that shows how people have divided the land into countries, states or provinces, and cities and towns
- 4.The buying and selling of goods and services.
- A.
Commerce
- B.
Drought
- C.
Basin
- D.
Urban
- 5.A slow, sluggish stream; usually used to describe inlets from the Gulf of Mexico or from the Mississippi River.
- A.
Glacier
- B.
Bayou
- C.
Glen
- D.
Grove
- 6.A narrow piece of land joining two larger bodies of land, or joining a peninsula to a mainland.
- A.
Jungle
- B.
Inlet
- C.
Isthmus
- D.
Harbor
- 7.A pit from which coal, minerals, or precious stones are taken by digging.
- A.
Meadow
- B.
Mesa
- C.
Marsh
- D.
Mine
- 8.A landform that consists of a single rock formation.
- A.
Pasture
- B.
Oasis
- C.
Monolith
- D.
Piedmont
- 9.A subdivision of a country; similar to a state.
- A.
Region
- B.
Province
- C.
Point
- D.
Suburb
- 10.A line where pieces of Earth's crust meet and along which earthquakes occur.
- A.
Foothill
- B.
Glen
- C.
Gorge
- D.
Fault line
- 11.A long period with no rain.
- A.
Gorge
- B.
Drought
- C.
Levee
- D.
Salt lake
- 12.To provide water to an area of land from a natural source by using artificial means.
- A.
Hot spring
- B.
Forestry
- C.
Divide
- D.
Irrigate
- 13.The way people produce, distribute, and get what they need to live.
- A.
Nomadic herding
- B.
Transmission
- C.
Economy
- D.
Tide
- 14.A hill or ridge of land piled up by the wind.
- A.
Dune
- B.
Grazing land
- C.
Grove
- D.
Knob
- 15.An area of dense, tangled growth often found in tropical rain forests.
- A.
Basin
- B.
Peninsula
- C.
Harbor
- D.
Jungle
- 16.Bowl-shaped opening at the top of a volcano.
- A.
Cinder cone
- B.
Crater
- C.
Cove
- D.
Dock
- 17.The art and science of representing the physical features of the earth by maps and charts is:
- 18.A way of measuring and describing the force of an earthquake is:
- 19.A town or built-up area near a larger city or town is a:
- 20.A piece of land nearly surrounded by water and attached to a larger area of land or the mainland by an isthmus is a:
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