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1A LESSON 1 - Geographical Terms

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  • What is this?
    an island
  • Name 3 physical aspects geographers study. (we talked about 6)
    mountains, rivers, seas, hills, plains, continents
  • What is this?
    a mountain
  • Name 3 ways humans impact the land in this picture.
    freeway, roads, houses, buidlings, restaurants, shops
  • What is between the mountains?
    a valley
  • What are the 7 main divisions of land called?
    continent
  • What is a large water of land surrounded by land called?
    a lake
  • What is a large, flat area of land which doesn’t have many hills or mountains called? Hint: p _ _ _ _
    a plain
  • What do you call a person who studies geography?
    a geographer
  • What is this?
    a waterfall
  • What is it called when there is a sudden shaking of the ground? Hint: e _ _ _ _ q _ _ _ _
    an earthquake
  • How many continents are there? What are they?
    Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia (Oceanea).
  • What is this?
    a desert
  • What are things that happen in nature called? Hint: p _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a
    phenomena
  • What is the largest country in the world?
    Russia
  • Which is the biggest continent?
    Asia
  • Which is the smallest country in the world?
    San Marino
    Vatican City
    Liechtenstein
    Monaco
  • What is it called when the sea levels rise and fall? Hint: t _ _ _
    a tide
  • What is this?
    a beach
  • What is the movement of air called?
    wind
  • Name 2 human aspects geographers study. (we talked about 4)
    countries, cities, culture, history
  • What do GEO and GRAPHY mean? What language do they come from?
    Greek. GEO = EARTH, GRAPHY = TO WRITE ABOUT
  • What is this?
    a river
  • What is the widest river?
    The Po River
    The Amazon River
    The Nile River
    The Danube River