GWA U.S. Vocab.

Question 1

Piedmont

Answer 1

A gentle slope leading from the base of mountains to a region of flat land

Question 2

Fall Line

Answer 2

The imaginary line between two parallel rivers, at the point where rivers plunge, or fall, at roughly the same elevation

Question 3

Basin

Answer 3

A depression, or dip, in the Earth’s surface. They are shaped like bowls, with sides higher than the bottom

Question 4

Contiguous

Answer 4

Sharing a common border

Question 5

Seaboard

Answer 5

The line where land and sea meet

Question 6

Plantation

Answer 6

The production of one or more usually cash crops on a large swathe of land

Question 7

Edge City

Answer 7

A type of city that has arisen very recently in a comparatively short space of time, (or) a rural area outside of a city

Question 8

Ghetto

Answer 8

A part of a city in which members of a minority group are concentrated, especially as a result of political, social, legal, religious, environmental or economic pressure

Question 9

Textile

Answer 9

Material made from weaved fiber or yarn

Question 10

Granite

Answer 10

An igneous rock composed of mostly two minerals: quartz and feldspar

Question 11

Peninsula

Answer 11

A piece of land that is almost entirely surrounded by water but is connected to the mainland on one side.

Question 12

Moraine

Answer 12

Material left behind by a moving glacier. This material is usually soil and rock

Question 13

Second-growth forest

Answer 13

Forest trees that come up naturally after removal of the first growth by cutting or by fire

Question 14

Borough

Answer 14

A town, or a district within a large city, which has its own council, government, or local services; A town that has its own government

Question 15

Bayou

Answer 15

A slow-moving creek or a swampy section of a river or a lake

Question 16

Levee

Answer 16

A natural or artificial wall that blocks water from going where people do no want it to go

Question 17

Lock

Answer 17

Enclosure or basin located in the course of a canal or a river

Question 18

Dredge

Answer 18

The removal of sediments and debris from the bottom of lakes, rivers, harbors, and other water bodies

Question 19

Channel

Answer 19

A wide strait or waterway between two landmasses that lie close to each other

Question 20

Chinook

Answer 20

Warm, dry wind descending the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, primarily in winter

Question 21

Aqueduct

Answer 21

A pipe or passage used for carrying water from a distance

Question 22

Panhandle

Answer 22

A part of a land area (such as a state) that is narrow and sticks out from a larger area. Ex: Idaho