1. Objective: To examine the major forms of land masses and bodies of water.

2. Island – land area that is surrounded by water
Long Island
Archipelago – chain of islands
Hawaiian Islands

3. Cape – Narrow point of land that extends into a body of water
Cape Cod, MA
Peninsula – piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides
Florida

4. Hill – area of raised land that is lower and more rounded than a mountain
Hills
Acadia National Park
Maine
Mountain – high, steep, rugged land that rises sharply above the surrounding land.
Mount McKinley, Alaska

5. Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation
Plain – broad area of fairly level land that is generally close to sea level
Plains
Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation
Wyoming
Plateau – large area of high, flat, or gently rolling land
Bateke Plateau
Gabon, Africa

6. Desert – area that has little or no moisture or vegetation
Sahara Desert, Africa
Coast – land that borders the sea
Jones Beach

7. Continent – any of seven large land masses on the Earth’s surface
Europe
Africa
North America
Asia
Australia
South America
Antarctica

8. Isthmus – narrow strip of land joining two large land areas or joining a peninsula to a mainland.
Isthmus of Panama
Strait – narrow channel that connects two larger bodies of water
Strait of Gibraltar

9. tributary map of Lake Erie
Tributary – stream or small river that flows into a larger stream or river
tributary map of Lake Erie
River – large stream of water that empties into an ocean or lake or another river
Hudson and Mohawk Rivers

10. Bay – part of a body of water that is partly enclosed by land
Jamaica Bay
Gulf – arm of an ocean or sea that is partly enclosed by land, usually larger than a bay.
Gulf of Mexico

11. Lake – body of fresh water surrounded by land
Great Lakes
Sea – large body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean
Black Sea

12. Ocean – any of the large bodies of salt water on the Earth’s surface.
Arctic
Atlantic
Pacific
Indian