Social Studies Vocabulary
Across
- 1. Fertile place in the desert where there is water
- 6. The northen hemisphere that contains the most land.
- 7. One year every four years where there is an extra day in February, making it 366 days.
- 8. Imaginary lines running north and south to determine measurements east and west.
- 10. Salt water that covers most of the earth’s surface.
- 12. River or lake flowing into a larger river or lake
- 13. A large body of salt water made of earth’s hydrosphere. Pacific, Atlantic etc.
- 15. Body of land surround by water on three sides
- 17. Narrow strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land with water on each side
- 18. Narrow chasm, typically with a river flowing through it
- 20. Triangular collection of sand deposited at the mouth of a river
Down
- 2. Body of land with water surround each of it’s sides.
- 3. Area of high elevation
- 4. the height above sea level
- 5. A misleading alteration of something that is unaccurate.
- 9. A network of evenly spaced latitude and longitude lines.
- 11. The farthest point of revolution around the sun.
- 14. Artificial waterway for the passage of boats
- 16. Imaginary lines running east and west to determine measurements north and south.
- 19. A book of maps and stats relating to geographic regions.