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The United States in Spatial Terms Vocabulary Review
The United States in Spatial Terms Vocabulary Review
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Flat land with a higher elevation is a...
plateau
river system
plain
basin
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The main land masses of the earth are called...
plateaus
mountain ranges
continents
geography
3
Half of the earth is called...
a hemisphere
an Equator
absolute location
a continent
4
Five ideas that help you learn about the earth and everything on it are...
place
5 themes of geography
location
hemisphere
5
A deep, narrow valley with steep sides is a...
plateau
gulf
canyon
plain
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A row of connected mountains is a...
canyon
plateau
basin
mountain range
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Part of a sea or ocean that cuts into a land mass is a...
gulf
coastal plain
river system
basin
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The location of a place on earth identified by a grid system such as latitude and longitude is called...
relative location
absolute location
geography
place
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Where a place is located in relation to other places is called...
place
movement
relative location
geography
10
A low piece of land between two hills or mountains is a...
coastal plain
river system
gulf
valley
11
Features on the earth's surface that were made by people are...
continents
river systems
physical characteristics
human characteristics
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This is one of the five themes of geography that tells where a place is.
place
location
human environment interaction
movement
13
An imaginary line that divides the earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres is the...
river system
Prime Meridian
absolute location
Equator
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An imaginary line that divides the earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres is called the...
absolute location
continent
Prime Meridian
Equator
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A low-lying stretch of flat or gently rolling land is a...
basin
valley
plateau
plain
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A river and its tributaries is called a...
river system
coastal plain
gulf
mountain range
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A low area surrounded by higher land is a...
basin
coastal plain
plain
plateau
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Low land that lies along an ocean is a...
gulf
basin
coastal plain
valley
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A dry region that gets very little rain is a...
coastal plain
desert
basin
plateau
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Geographic features that come from nature are called...
human characteristics
continents
5 themes of geography
physical characteristics
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This is one of the five themes of geography that tells what it's like there.
relative location
place
location
movement