Geography Vocabulary Review
Across
- 2. the main part of a country, not the islands around it.
- 4. A very large block of ice floating in the sea.
- 9. A mountain with a hole at the top through which hot, molten rock comes out from deep inside the Earth.
- 10. A ship used for carrying people or things across a river or narrow sea.
- 11. A large area of land where few plants can grow because it is either too dry or too cold.
- 12. A very high part of the Earth’s surface
- 14. The strip of sand, shingle, mud, or rock where an ocean, sea or lake meets the land.
- 17. The most important city in a country.
- 19. One of the seven big pieces of land in the world
- 20. The line on a map marking where the sea meets the land.
Down
- 1. a place in a desert where there is water and therefore plants and trees and sometimes a village or town
- 3. A line of low land between hills or mountains
- 5. One of the seven big pieces of land in the world.
- 6. The group of people who are in charge of a country.
- 7. a drawing of part or all of the Earth’s surface as if you were looking down on it
- 8. A harbour or a town or city with a harbour.
- 13. A book of maps
- 15. A raised road or walkway over water.
- 16. A globe; the shape of a ball
- 17. A steep wall of rock, especially on the coast.
- 18. A line that marks the edge of a country.