Geography Basics – Continents, Landforms & Theories

25 fill-in-the-blank flashcards covering continents, landmarks, geographic theories, latitude & longitude, plate boundaries, landforms, bodies of water, and key geography concepts from the lecture notes.

The continent that features the landmark Christ the Redeemer is?

South America

The __ is the iconic defensive structure located in Asia.

Great Wall of China

The Pyramid of Giza is found on the continent of __.

Africa

The continent associated with the Eiffel Tower is __.

Europe

Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of in 1912.

Continental Drift

According to Wegener, the original super-continent was called __.

Pangaea

The single ocean that once surrounded Pangaea was known as __.

Panthalassa

The modern theory stating that Earth’s crust is made of moving plates is called .

Plate Tectonics

Horizontal lines that measure distance north or south of the Equator are called __.

Latitude

Vertical lines that measure distance east or west of the Prime Meridian are called __.

Longitude

Divergent, convergent, and transform are the three main types of plate __.

Boundaries

A landform completely surrounded by water is an __.

Island

The largest and deepest kind of body of water on Earth is a(n) __.

Ocean

The 0° line of latitude is known as the __.

Equator

A high, flat-topped landform often found on mountain areas is a __.

Plateau

The smallest continent by land area is __.

Australia

The continent ringed mainly by the Southern Ocean is __.

Antarctica

The five themes of geography were formally introduced in __ to simplify geographic study.

1984

Location described using nearby places or objects is called __ location.

Relative

The largest continent by total land area is __.

Asia

The ocean lying to the east of Africa is the __ Ocean.

Indian

The Caribbean Sea lies to the __ of North America.

Southeast

A connected chain of mountains is called a __.

Mountain range

The plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide past one another is a __ boundary.

Transform

The study of Earth’s surface features such as mountains, valleys, and rivers is called __.

Topography