4th Grade Geography Review

Land bordered by water on three sides but is connected to land.

Land - Completely surrounded by water.

This river flows from the Atlantic Ocean into Lake Ontario.

An area of flat, grassy land.

Which one is not a Great Lake?

Land at the edge of an ocean.

A very large; thick piece of ice and snow that covers land year round (i.e. North/South Pole)

Dry area of land that has little life and little rain.

One type of map that show features of many landforms.

One type of map that shows: boundaries of continents, countries, and states.

Imaginary cuts that divide the earth into halves northern and southern, or eastern and western.

What is a line that shows the distance on a map, usually in kilometers or miles.

What is the study of Earth?

What (imaginary) line separates countries, states, and cities?

This is in the mountains and separates the rivers that flow to the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

This region is mainly in California. It is made of dry arid land and succulent plants.

A very large area (body) of fresh water that is surrounded by land that is not a river

Earth rotates on this because it is slightly tilted giving us seasons. What is the tilt called?

We live in a region called the ______________.

High area of land that has a flat top and steep sides.

Many lines that go around the earth "parallel" to the equator.

Many lines (imaginary) that go around the earth passing through the North & South Pole.

What is the region in the red called?

This is a high land with steep sides and a flat top.

High land (similar to a mesa); often found near deep canyons. (i.e): Grand Canyon.

High, rocky land with steep slanted sides

What is the green region called?

A large stream of water that passes through the land to another body of water.

A line that starts with 0˚ and has an imaginary latitude line around the middle of Earth.

Begins 0˚ and divides the earth; also known as the a Line of Longitude.