Commands for World Landforms
Landforms and Islands (Yellow and White flags)
 Photo and Definition cards pg. 2-14
o Young children should learn first fact on definition cards to do Level 2 commands
o Level 3 & 4 commands -- use facts on definition cards
 Recording sheet for student to record answers as they pin and check work using the
answer sheet when finished pg. 15
 Four levels of commands pg. 16-22
 Check answers with World Land and Water forms
control map and use answer sheets for Levels 2-4
Greenland
Greenland
 Largest island in the world
 Territory of Denmark
 Covered by an ice sheet except along the
western coast
 Midnight sun (24 hours of daylight on
summer solstice)
Hawaiian Islands
Hawaiian Islands
 50th state in the United States
 North of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean
 Four larger islands and several smaller
ones are an archipelago
 Islands are peaks of an underwater
volcanic mountain
Mauna Loa
Mauna Loa
 Largest of five active volcanoes
on the Island of Hawaii
 Largest mountain volcano in the world but
most of the mountain is under the ocean
 Covers more than half of the Island of
Hawaii
 Shield volcano with sloping sides last
erupted in 1984
Mount McKinley
Mount McKinley
 Highest mountain peak in North
America, third highest in the
world
 Located in Alaska, United States
 In Denali National Park
 Five glaciers flow from its slopes
Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountains
 The Rocky Mountains stretch
from Southwestern Canada to
Southwestern United States
 Wild life includes elk, white-tailed deer,
bighorn sheep ,grizzly and black bears
 Mountain biomes include prairie grass,
coniferous forest and tundra
 The Oregon Trail of the pioneers passed
through the Rockies
Appalachian Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
 Located in the eastern United
States and Canada
 Contains large deposits of coal
 Biomes are deciduous and coniferous
forests
 The Appalachian Trail for hiking extends
from Maine to Georgia in the United
States
Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon
 Located in Arizona, United States
 Layers of colorful rock one mile deep
 Formed by uplift and erosion by the
Colorado River
 Over five million people visit every year
Amazon Basin
Amazon Basin
 The part of South America where
the Amazon River drains
 Most of the Basin is covered with
rainforest
 It is the largest rainforest in the world
 Much of the Amazon Basin is still
unexplored
Andes Mountains
Andes Mountains
 Longest continental mountain
range in the world
 Biomes include ice fields, forests and are
the home of llamas
 Large deposits of iron ore as well as gold,
silver and copper
 People of the Andes are descendants of
the ancient Inca civilization
Patagonia
Patagonia
 Southern part of South America
shared by Chile and Argentina
 Second largest glacier and ice fields after
Antarctica
 Active volcanoes in the high mountain
peaks
 Rugged terrain with small population
Laki Volcano
Laki Volcano
 Located in Iceland
 Eruption in 1783-1784 was the most
deadly in history
 In North America it caused the longest
winter on record because of thick clouds
of gases
 In Europe poisonous clouds covered the
sky
Scandinavian Peninsula
Scandinavian Peninsula
 Largest peninsula in Europe
 Norway, Sweden and northern part of
Finland located on it
 Resources of iron ore and copper and off
shore petroleum and natural-gas
 Bordered by four seas, the North Sea,
Baltic Sea, Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea
Alps
Alps
 Highest mountain range inside
Europe
 More than 40 named glaciers
 Alpine region is from the tree line to the
glaciers
 Economy supported by farming, cheesemaking and winter sports
Ural Mountains
Ural Mountains
 Natural boundary between
Europe and Asia
 Biomes mostly steppes(grasslands),
deciduous and coniferous forests
 Most of the foothills have become
farmland
 Deposits of iron and copper, coal and
precious stones
Sahara Desert
Sahara Desert
 Largest dry desert in the world
(Arctic and Antarctic are larger
but are not dry deserts)
 Home of dromedary camels (one hump)
 People live around oases which have
water from underground
 Southern boundary is grassland called
savanna
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro
 A volcano and highest mountain
in Africa in Tanzania
 A stratovolcano made of layers of lava and
ash still emitting fumes
 Has almost every biome including rain
forest, grassland, desert and tundra
 Ice at the top is disappearing but
temperature at top is below freezing
Kalahari Desert
Kalahari Desert
 Sandy savanna-desert in
Southern Africa not a true desert
 Lions, cheetahs, giraffes and elephants
used to live free but now most are in
parks called game reserves
 Diamond mining occurs within the game
reserves
 Home of the San people also known as
Bushmen
Cape of Good Hope
Cape of Good Hope
 Near the southern tip of Africa
where the Atlantic and Indian
Oceans mix
 Sailors had good hope when they reached
the cape and could begin sailing East
 Two kinds of penguins live there
 Over 1000 kinds of plants grow which are
not found anywhere else on earth
Siberia
Siberia
 Makes up over three-fourths of
Russia
 World's largest coniferous forests
 Coldest village on earth where people live
all year( record 67 degrees below zero)
 Rich in minerals and oilfields
Gobi Desert
Gobi Desert
 Located in Southern Mongolia
and Northern China
 In the rain shadow of the Himalayan
Mountains
 Mostly gravel and rocks with few sand
dunes
 Extreme temperatures, over 100 degrees
in summer and -40 degrees in winter
Arabian Peninsula
Arabian Peninsula
 Largest peninsula in the World
 Mostly desert
 World's largest reserves of oil and natural
gas
 Red Sea, Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf
surround it on three sides
Himalayas
Himalayas
 Highest mountain range in the
world
 North of India and south of Nepal and
Bhutan
 Has rainforest in the foothills and
permanent ice and snow on the high
peaks
 Source of three of the world's largest
rivers, Indus, Brahmaputra, and Ganges
Mt. Everest
Mt. Everest
 Earth's highest mountain peak
 Climbing this mountain is extremely
dangerous
 Sherpas are guides that help climbers
reach the summit
 The peak is so high that jet stream winds
hit it with speeds of 200 mph
Mt. Merapi
Mt. Merapi
 Most active volcano in Indonesia
(there are 129 active volcanoes)
 On the island of Java
 Stratovolcano with smoke erupting 300
days of the year
 Located in the Pacific Ring-of-Fire
Great Victorian Desert
Great Victorian Desert
 Largest desert in Australia
 Made of sandhills, grasslands, and pebbles
 Many kinds of small lizards live in the
desert
 Predators are the dingo (wild dog) and
large monitor lizard
Great Dividing Range
Great Dividing Range
 Group of mountain ranges along
the eastern side of Australia
 Most of the mountains do not have steep
peaks
 There are many National Parks
 The mountains are the source of the
water supply for Eastern Australia
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Commands for World Landforms – Level 1
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Pin Greenland
Pin the Hawaiian Islands
Pin Mauna Loa
Pin Mount McKinley
Pin the Rocky Mountains
Pin the Appalachian Mountains
Pin the Grand Canyon
Pin the Amazon Basin
Pin the Andes Mountains
Pin Patagonia
Pin Laki Volcano
Pin the Scandinavian Peninsula
Pin the Alps
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Pin the Ural Mountains
Pin the Sahara Desert
Pin Mt. Kilimanjaro
Pin the Kalahari Desert
Pin the Cape of Good Hope
Pin Siberia
Pin the Gobi Desert
Pin the Arabian Peninsula
Pin the Himalayas
Pin Mount Everest
Pin Mount Merapi
Pin the Great Victoria Desert
Pin the Great Dividing Range
Commands for World Landforms – Level 2
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Pin the mountain range in Australia.
Pin the volcano in Iceland.
Pin the largest volcano in Hawaii.
Pin the drainage basin of the Amazon River.
Pin the largest peninsula in Europe.
Pin the highest mountain in Africa.
Pin the large desert in Asia in China and Mongolia.
Pin the most active volcano in Indonesia.
Pin the large canyon located in the United States
Pin the largest desert in Australia.
Pin the highest mountain range in the world.
Pin the largest peninsula in the world.
Pin the mountains in South America which are the home of the llamas.
Pin the highest mountain peak in North America.
Pin the sandy savanna-desert in Southern Africa.
Pin the highest mountain range in Europe.
Pin the highest mountain peak in the world.
Pin the cape in South Africa.
Pin the largest island in the world.
Pin the mountain range in Western United States and Western Canada.
Pin the lower part of South America.
Pin the mountain range which divides Asia and Europe.
Pin the northern part of Russia.
Pin the largest dry desert in the world.
Pin the mountain range in Eastern United States.
Pin the islands in the Pacific Ocean which are a state of the United States.
Answers for World Landforms – Level 2
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Great Dividing Range
Laki Volcano
Mauna Loa
Amazon Basin
Scandinavian Peninsula
Mount Kilimanjaro
Gobi Desert
Mount Merapi
Grand Canyon
Victorian Desert
Himalayas
Arabian Peninsula
Andes Mountains
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Mount McKinley
Kalahari Desert
Alps
Mount Everest
Cape of Good Hope
Greenland
Rocky Mountains
Patagonia
Ural Mountains
Siberia
Sahara Desert
Appalachian Mountains
Hawaiian Islands
Commands for World Landforms – Level 3
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Pin the island covered by an ice sheet except for the western coast.
Pin the peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
Pin the mountain range between India and Nepal.
Pin the desert with predator dingos and monitor lizards.
Pin the mountain range with grizzly bears and bighorn sheep.
Pin the land in South America with rugged mountains and glaciers.
Pin the mountain range which divides Russia.
Pin the part of the world with the largest coniferous forests.
Pin the peninsula where Norway and Sweden are located.
Pin the mountain range in Europe with more than 40 named glaciers.
Pin the desert which is home to the dromedary camel.
Pin the stratovolcano in Africa which is still emitting fumes.
Pin the desert with game reserves for elephants, lions, and giraffes.
Pin the United States mountain range with large coal deposits.
Pin the volcano which covers more than half of Hawaii Island.
Pin the mountain peak in Denali National Park, North America.
Pin the part of South America which is still largely unexplored.
Pin the longest mountain range completely within a continent.
Pin the dry desert with extremely low winter temperatures of 40 below zero.
Pin the mountain which is dangerous to climb and has Sherpa guides.
Pin the volcano on the island of Java.
Pin the mountain range east of the Great Victoria Desert.
Pin the place where the waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean mix.
Pin the canyon carved by the Colorado River.
Pin the volcano which had the most deadly eruption in the history of the world.
Pin the islands in the Pacific north of Oceania.
Answers for World Landforms – Level 3
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Greenland
Arabian Peninsula
Himalayas
Great Victoria Desert
Rocky Mountains
Patagonia
Ural Mountains
Siberia
Scandinavian Peninsula
Alps
Sahara Desert
Mount Kilimanjaro
Kalahari Desert
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Appalachian Mountains
Mauna Loa
Mount McKinley
Amazon Basin
Andes Mountains
Gobi Desert
Mount Everest
Mount Merapi
Great Dividing Range
Cape of Good Hope
Grand Canyon
Laki Volcano
Hawaiian Islands
Commands for World Landforms – Level 4
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Pin the islands which are peaks of an underwater mountain.
Pin the place in Africa with two kinds of penguins.
Pin the mountain peak with winds up to 200 miles per hour.
Pin the part of Australia made up of pebbles, grasslands, and sandhills.
Pin the part of South America which is partly in Chile and partly in Argentina.
Pin the mountains with a hiking trail from Georgia to Maine in the United States.
Pin the place with the coldest village on earth.
Pin the desert with savannas and rainforests to its south.
Pin the volcanic mountain with biomes which include rain forests, desert, and tundra.
Pin the desert which is the home of the San people also known as Bushmen.
Pin the mountain range which runs north and south between two continents.
Pin the peninsula with shores on the Norwegian Sea, the North Sea, and the Baltic Sea.
Pin the mountain range famous for skiing in Europe.
Pin the drainage basin for the largest rainforest in the world.
Pin the mountain range where descendants of the Inca Empire still live.
Pin the largest volcanic mountain in the world although most of it is under water.
Pin the mountains which American pioneers crossed to get to the Oregon Territory.
Pin the third highest mountain in the world.
Pin the desert formed from the rain shadow of the Himalaya Mountains.
Pin the volcano whose eruption caused the longest winter on record in North America.
Pin the mountain range which is the source of the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra rivers.
Pin the active volcano in Southern Asia which emits smoke 300 days each year.
Pin the mountains which are the source of water for Eastern Australia.
Pin the large peninsula which is mostly desert.
Pin the canyon which is more than one mile deep.
Pin the island which has 24 hours of daylight on June 21st.
Answers for World Landforms – Level 4
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Hawaiian Islands
Cape of Good Hope
Mount Everest
Great Victorian Desert
Patagonia
Appalachian Mountains
Siberia
Sahara Desert
Mount Kilimanjaro
Kalahari Desert
Ural Mountains
Scandinavian Peninsula
Alps
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Amazon Basin
Andes Mountains
Mauna Loa
Rocky Mountains
Mount McKinley
Gobi Desert
Laki Volcano
Himalaya Mountains
Mount Merapi
Great Dividing Range
Arabian Peninsula
Grand Canyon
Greenland