Geography Unit 1 (chapters 1-3)

What is the natural removal of small pieces of rock or soil?

Spongy areas of land that look dry but are covered with wet organic materials are called

What kind of tree has needles instead of broad leaves and generally retains them year-round?

What is the largest system of freshwater lakes in the world?

The amount of water that flows from a river is called its

What ocean is the largest?

lines of longitude are parallel to the equator

Christians generally believe that the earth's features were altered by a great cataclysm.

To determine the distance between two places on a map, one should look at the map's

Detailed land features--such as mountains, hills, elevations, rivers and swamps --are referred to as

A political map shows national boundaries, capitals, and major cities.

The basic tool of geography is a

The line of latitude in the south that divides the temperate zone and the tropics is the

What is the longest river in the United States?

What latitude zone is directly on either side of the equator?

Areas of visible standing water dominated by large trees are called

The part of a map that indicates the ratio of distance on the map to actual distance is the scale.

Wide areas of flat land that rise abruptly above surrounding land are

The main problem with any flat map is

What are the two main branches of geography?

What is the name for the 0 degree longitude line?

All cultures are equally good and each culture has it own truths and values that those in other cultures must accept

The map feature showing the orientation of the map is the compass rose.

Tributaries are rivers that "feed" other rivers

What term is used for arms of the ocean that are only partially enclosed by land?

Running water is the most powerful erosion force?

Wide areas of level land are called plains

The art of mapmaking is called telegraphy

More than 25 percent of the earth's water is fresh

Nutrient-rich soil deposited by rivers is called