Geography Quiz: Landform Vocabulary Directions: Read each description below and circle the correct vocabulary term. 1. A large group of islands 9. A high ridge dividing rivers that flow to a. climate opposite sides of the continent b. tributary a. continental divide c. archipelago b. delta c. plain 2. An arm of a lake extending into the land a. bay 10. A build-up of silt at the river mouth b. glacier a. bay c. fjord b. delta c. canal 3. A steep mountain standing alone a. plateau 11. A very dry place with little rain b. cape a. desert c. butte b. island c. rapids 4. An inland waterway made by people a. reef 12. A body of slow moving ice b. ocean a. slip and slide c. canal b. ice cube c. glacier 5. A deep valley with steep sides a. canyon 13. Part of the ocean that extends into the b. valley land c. island a. gulf b. bay 6. A point of land extending out from the c. plateau coast into the sea a. delta 14. A protected body of water b. cape a. harbor c. gulf b. bay c. inter-coastal waterway 7. A pattern of weather over a long time a. temperature 15. Land completely surrounded by water b. climate a. peninsula c. ice b. island c. valley 8. A huge area of land a. state 16. A narrow strip of land connecting two b. mass bodies of water c. continent a. continent b. cape c. isthmus © 2000 – 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Geography Quiz: Landform Vocabulary (cont.) 17. A wide area of flat land 21. A part of a river where the current is a. plain swift b. desert a. reef c. reef b. swamp c. rapids 18. A flat-topped hill or mountain a. swamp 22. Wet, spongy land b. mesa a. island c. rapids b. swamp c. valley 19. A chain of rock or coral a. reef 23. A low area between mountains b. cape a. valley c. harbor b. plateau c. butte 20. A high, level area that is raised above surrounding area 24. A river or stream that flows into a larger a. plateau body of water b. butte a. tributary c. swamp b. bay c. harbor © 2000 – 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Geography Quiz: Landform Vocabulary Answer Key 1. c. archipelago 13. a. gulf 2. a. bay 14. a. harbor 3. c. butte 15. b. island 4. c. canal 16. c. isthmus 5. a. canyon 17. a. plain 6. b. cape 18. b. mesa 7. b. climate 19. a. reef 8. c. continent 20. a. plateau 9. a. continental divide 21. c. rapids 10. b. delta 22. b. swamp 11. a. desert 23. a. valley 12. c. glacier 24. a. tributary © 2000 – 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. .