Geography Vocabulary

Question 1

How one location compares to another

Answer 1

Relative location

Question 2

Distance north or south of the equator (parallels)

Answer 2

Latitude

Question 3

Distance east or west of the prime meridian (Meridian’s)

Answer 3

Longitude

Question 4

Half of the earth

Answer 4

Hemisphere

Question 5

Any of the four large bodies of salt water that cover much of the earths surface

Answer 5

Ocean

Question 6

Large body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean

Answer 6

Sea

Question 7

Arm of an ocean or sea that is partly enclosed by land, usually larger than a bay

Answer 7

Gulf

Question 8

Part of a body of water that is partly enclosed by land

Answer 8

Bay

Question 9

Narrow channel that connects two larger bodies of water

Answer 9

Strait

Question 10

Narrow point of land that extends into a body of water

Answer 10

Cape

Question 11

Man-made waterway that is used to drain or irrigate land or to connect two bodies of water

Answer 11

Canal

Question 12

A body of water that is surrounded by land

Answer 12

Lake

Question 13

Land area that is surrounded by water

Answer 13

Island

Question 14

Large stream of water that empties into a large body of water

Answer 14

River

Question 15

High, steep, rugged land area that rises sharply above the surrounding land

Answer 15

Mountain

Question 16

Narrow strip of land joining two large land areas or joining a peninsula to a mainland

Answer 16

Isthmus

Question 17

A long stretch of land that juts out into a body of water

Answer 17

Peninsula

Question 18

Pinpoints the location of a place using latitude and longitude

Answer 18

Absolute location