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Study Guide for Unit on Geography

SOL 1.2a Continents/Oceans

Identify, locate, and correctly label each of the following terms below on a map.

|Continents |Oceans |

|1.Asia |9.Pacific |

|2.Africa |10.Atlantic |

|3.North America |11.Indian |

|4.South America |12.Arctic |

|5.Europe |13.Southern |

|6.Antarctica | |

|7.Australia | |

|8.*Eurasia | |

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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 |

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SOL 1.2c Major Bodies of Water

Identify, locate, and correctly label each of the following terms below on a map.

|Rivers |Lakes |Gulfs |Oceans |

|1.Mississippi |8.Superior |13.Gulf of Mexico |14.Atlantic Ocean |

|2.Missouri |9.Michigan | | |

|3.Ohio |10.Huron | |15.Pacific Ocean |

|4.Columbia |11.Erie | | |

|5.Colorado |12.Ontario | | |

|6.Rio Grande | | | |

|7.St. Lawrence | | | |

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1. 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 C.The Equator D.The North Pole B.The South Pole |

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2. SOL 1.2d Landforms

Please define the following terms.

|Land |Water |

|mountain |lake |

|A high, rounded or pointed, landform- higher than a hill, often having steep |An inland body of water, usually of considerable size (Water surrounded by land) |

|rocky sides | |

|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 |A body of water partly enclosed by land but having a wide outlet to the sea |

|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 | |

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