1. What is Social Studies?
  a part of a school curriculum concerned with the study of social relationships and the functioning of society and usually made up of courses in history, government, economics, civics, sociology, geography, and anthropology
First used in 1926!

2. History: the study of past events
Geography: an area of study that deals with the location of the natural features of a place (can include political features)
Anthropology: the study of human races, origins, societies, and cultures

3. Match the Photograph with the Correct Geography Term!
Geography Terms
Match the Photograph with the Correct Geography Term!

4. Answers will follow each picture.
Directions:
Look at the following pictures and see if you can match the picture to the correct geography term.
Answers will follow each picture.

6. Canyon
A deep, narrow valley with steep sides; often has a stream flowing through it.

8. Bay
A part of a sea or ocean that extends into land.

10. Isthmus
A narrow strip of land that connects two larger areas of land.

12. Cataract
A large waterfall or any strong flood or rush of water.

14. Delta
A triangular-shaped plain at the mouth of a river, formed when sediment is deposited by flowing water.

16. Island
An area of land completely surrounded by water.

18. Pangaea
The name of a huge super continent that scientists believe split apart about 200 million years ago, forming different continents.

20. Plateau
A large, flat area that rises above the surrounding land; at least one side has a steep slope.

22. Butte
A small raised area of land with steep sides.

24. Mesa
A high, flat-topped landform with cliff-like sides; larger than a butte.

25. Did you know…
Buttes and Mesas are formed when plateaus erode away due to wind, rain, and other environmental affects.

27. Plains
A large area of flat or gently rolling land.

29. Volcano
An opening in the earth’s surface through which molten rock, ashes, and gasses from the Earth’s interior escape.

31. Mountain
An area that rises steeply at least 2,000 feet above sea level; usually wide at the bottom and rising to a narrow peak or ridge.

33. Glacier
A huge, slow-moving mass of snow and ice.

34. What’s the difference between a GLACIER and an ICEBERG?
A glacier is a river of ice, mostly on land. It is fed by snowfields in the mountains and flows down a valley, like a very slow moving river, until it meets with the sea or a lake.
An iceberg is a large piece of ice floating in water. It may have broken off a glacier.

36. Tundra
A vast, treeless arctic plain

38. Swamp
Wet, spongy land often partly covered with water

40. Sound
a wide channel linking two larger bodies of water or separating an island from the mainland

42. River
a natural stream of water larger than a brook or creek (typically flowing into an ocean or lake)

44. Ocean
a large body of salt water

46. Lake
a large inland body of standing water (usually freshwater)

48. Lagoon
a body of shallow sea or salt water that is separated from a larger sea by some barrier (sand, rock, reef, etc.)

50. Jungle
land densely covered with trees, vines, etc. (typically found in the tropics)

52. Gulf
a large portion of the ocean, partially surrounded by land

54. Geyser a spring from which boiling water and steam gushes into
the air in intervals

56. Strait
A narrow stretch of water that connects two larger bodies of water.

58. Peninsula
An area of land almost completely surrounded by water and connected to the mainland by an isthmus.

60. Cape
a point of land that extends into the sea or into a lake

62. Fjord
a narrow, winding ocean inlet with steep cliff-like sides (carved out by a glacier)

64. Canal
a man-made waterway for boats or for draining or irrigating land

66. Archipelago
a string or chain of islands

67. Can you think of any other geographical terms?

68. The End