Exploring vocabulary - Muschla Gary R. 2012

A math helper
Geography words

This device was invented in 1972. It made computing numbers easy. What was it?

To answer the question, read each sentence below. Replace the underlined word or phrase with the correct word. Choose your answers from the words after each sentence. Write the letter of each answer in the space above its sentence number at the bottom of the page. One letter is provided.

1. In the middle of the lake was a small area of land.

R. plateau

M. river

N. island

2. The low land between the mountains was covered with small farms.

T. valley

R. prairie

L. plateau

3. We traveled by boat down the large stream of water to the ocean.

U. waterfall

E. river

I. island

4. The rich soil was suitable for growing many different kinds of crops.

S. plateau

U. continent

D. fertile

5. We climbed the steep, rising land to its peak.

R. mountain

N. plateau

S. waterfall

6. European explorers crossed the large body of salt water to reach the New World.

E. valley

A. ocean

U. river

7. The tableland rose up from the low lands around it and stretched for miles.

S. valley

L. plateau

R. island

8. Asia is the biggest one of the major land masses.

O. continent

E. island

U. mountain

9. They walked through the tall grass of the plain.

K. plateau

S. mountain

C. prairie

10. We took pictures of the water falling from the high place.

P. river

M. island

H. waterfall