Social Studies Final Review Part 2

2. / land with steep sides that rises sharply from a surrounding land
5. / area between the Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn where the temperatures are very warm
6. / part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline generally larger and more deeply indented than a bay
9. / conquered the Incas in the 1530s
12. / conquered the Aztecs in 1521
14. / narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas
16. / mountain or hill created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the Earth
17. / starting in 1819, he fought for independence in Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, and Bolivia
18. / in 1959, he led a revolt in Cuba and transformed Cuba into a communist state
20. / a sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely

1. / area between the tropics and polar regions where the seasons, weather, and temperatures vary
3. / area of land drained by a given river and its branches; area of land surrounded by lands of higher elevations
4. / flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth
7. / starting in 1817, he fought for independence in Argentina and Chile
8. / areas near the North and South Pole with colder temperatures because of indirect sunlight
10. / group of Islands
11. / body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on 3 sides by water
13. / area of low land usually between hills or mountains
15. / land area, smaller than a continent, completely surrounded by water
19. / narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water