Question

Match the following term:

(1) waterfall
(2) a system under which foreign governments take control of an area for political and/or economic purposes
(3) steep cliff or slope usually caused by faulting or erosion
(4) physical features of a place or region
(5) stream that flows into a larger stream or body of water
(6) plateau

(A) cataract
(B) topography
(C) veldt
(D) tributary
(E) colonization
(F) escarpment

Answer 1

1-A: A cataract is another term for waterfall

2-E: Ex. European countries colonized North and South America centuries ago

3-F: Escarpment is a word for a steep cliff or slope

4-B: A topographic map shows the geographic features of an area

5-D: A tributary is a smaller stream that always flows into a bigger one

6-C: Veldt is another word for a plateau