1. Geography Vocabulary
Text pages 12-13, 131, 274

2. Warm-up: Which conclusion is supported by the images?
A. Farming is most productive in urban areas.
B. There is limited transportation available in
urban areas.
C. This is an urban area.
D. This is a rural area.

4. Transportation Barrier
A geographic feature that prevents or slows transportation.
Rocky Mountains
Ural Mountains
Sahara Desert

5. Transportation Corridor
A path that makes transportation easier.
St. Lawrence Seaway
Suez Canal

6. A body of land surrounded by water.
Island
Galveston Island
A body of land surrounded by water.
Cuba and Hawaii

7. Delta Mississippi Delta Amazon River Delta
A triangular area of land formed from deposits at the mouth of a river.
Amazon River Delta

8. The place where a river flows into a lake or an ocean.
Mouth
Nile
The place where a river flows into a lake or an ocean.

9. A broad, flat area of land higher than the surrounding land.
Plateau
A broad, flat area of land higher than the surrounding land.
Black Mesa, Arizonia
Plateau of Tibet

10. A narrow strip of water connecting two large bodies of water.
Strait
A narrow strip of water connecting two large bodies of water.
Strait of Gibralter
Bering Strait

11. Source Source of the Mississippi Source of the Ganges River
The place where a river begins, usually in the mountains.
Source of the Mississippi
Source of the Ganges River

12. The narrow piece of land that connects two larger pieces of land.
Isthmus
The narrow piece of land that connects two larger pieces of land.
Isthmus of Panama

13. A narrow, deep valley with steep sides.
Canyon
A narrow, deep valley with steep sides.
Grand Canyon
Fish River Canyon
(Namibia, Africa)

14. Bodies of land surrounded by water on three sides.
Peninsula
Bodies of land surrounded by water on three sides.
Arabian Peninsula
Iberian Peninsula

15. Landform Matching Activity

16. PRACTICE Complete this analogy:
Mountains:________ :: Rivers:__________
Tall, Wide
Transportation Barrier, Transportation Corridor
High, Low
D. Transportation Corridor, Transportation Barrier

17. Sources
Google Earth 2005