History - Set II
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- harbor
- A sheltered area along a seacoast where ships can anchor (name an example?)
- Okeefinokee
- An example of a swamp?
- Mouth of Mississippi River
- Gulf of Mexico
- cape
- A point of land extending into the water - example ______ Cod.
- continent
- One of the seven great masses of land on earth.
- island
- Body of land smaller than a continent and completely surrounded by water.
- swamp
- Low, wet land.
- river
- A relatively large natural stream of water.
- ocean
- The entire body of salt water that covers about 72% of the earth's surface.
- port
- A city or place where ships arrive and depart.
- peninsula
- An area of land surrounded on three sides by water - Florida.
- mouth
- The place where a river or stream empties into a larger body of water (the end)
- archipelago
- A large group of islands.
- Gibraltor
- An example of an isthmus?
- strait
- A narrow water passage between two larger bodies of water.
- volcano
- A hill or mountain formed when melted rock is forced through the Earth's surface.
- source
- The place where a river or stream begins.
- gulf
- A large body of water - kind of like a bay reaching into the land - _____ of Mexico.
- Source of Mississippi River
- Lake Itasca, Minnesota
- peak
- The top of a mountain - example Mount Everest.
- mountain range
- A series of mountain ridges -- Rocky Mountains.
- delta
- A rich soil deposit usually triangle shaped at a river's mouth.
- North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, Antarctica
- The seven continents are?
- sea
- Large body of salt water.
- sea-level
- The level of the ocean's surface
- isthmus
- A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas.
- Hawaii
- archipelago
- bay
- A small area of ocean partly surrounded by land -- name an example?