Geography Lessons Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• bay: a body of water that is surrounded by land on most sides
• coast: place where the ocean meets land
• gulf: part of an ocean or sea that extends into the land
• lake: body of fresh, not salty water completely surrounded by land
• natural resource: anything found in nature that can be used by humans
• plains: flat lands
• official language: language used by a government and taught in schools
• canal: man made waterway
• isthmus: narrow strip of land that connects two larger land masses
• plateau: flat highland
• sub region: area that is part of a larger region
• contiguous: sharing a common border, touching
• inset map: smaller map shown inside a larger one
• region: area of land that might have a similar history, culture, climate
• square mile: size of a square, where each side of the square is one mile long
• highway map: shows major roadways in a region
• cape: land-form that juts into water and does not follow coastline