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Study Guide for Unit on Geography
1. SOL 1.2a Continents/Oceans
Identify, locate, and correctly label each of the following terms below on a map.
Continents
1.Asia
2.Africa
3.North America
4.South America
5.Europe
6.Antarctica
7.Australia
8.*Eurasia
Oceans
9.Pacific
10.Atlantic
11.Indian
12.Arctic
13.Southern
12
8
5
3
1
10
9
2
9
11
1
4
7
13
6
2. SOL 1.2b North American Regions
Write the corresponding number next to the name of the region. Color each region.
1 Coastal Range
2 Basin and Range
3 Rocky Mountains
4 Great Plains
5 Interior Lowland
6 Coastal Plain
7 Appalachian Mountains
8 Canadian Shield
3. SOL 1.2c Major Bodies of Water
Identify, locate, and correctly label each of the following terms below on a map.
Rivers
1.Mississippi
2.Missouri
3.Ohio
4.Columbia
5.Colorado
6.Rio Grande
7.St. Lawrence
Lakes
Gulfs
8.Superior 13.Gulf of
9.Michigan Mexico
10.Huron
11.Erie
12.Ontario
Oceans
14.Atlantic
Ocean
15.Pacific
Ocean
7
8
4
2
10
9
12
11
15
3
5
14
1
6
13
4. SOL 1.2a Latitude and Longitude
Identify, locate, and correctly label each of the following terms below on a map.
Trace the Prime Meridian and the Equator.
A.Prime Median
B.The South Pole
C.The Equator
D.The North Pole
D
A
C
B
5. SOL 1.2d Landforms
Please define the following terms.
Land
Water
mountain
lake
A high, rounded or pointed, landformhigher than a hill, often having steep rocky
sides
An inland body of water, usually of
considerable size (Water surrounded by
land)
hill
tributary
A raised area of land that is lower than a
mountain and often has a rounded top
A stream that flows into another stream
plains
gulf
A broad area of mostly flat, low-lying land
Body of water, partly or mostly surrounded
by land. Its usually larger than a lake and
has salt water
plateau
bay
A broad area of mostly flat land at high
elevation
island
An area of land surrounded by water
peninsula
A piece of land nearly surrounded by water
and attached to a larger area of land
A body of water partly enclosed by land but
having a wide outlet to the sea