World Geography Chapters 1-2

The water areas of the Earth, including oceans, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water.

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Lithosphere

• Biosphere

The exact position of a place on the Earth’s surface.

• Absolute Location

• Elevation

• Perceptual Region

• Relative Location

A navigational system that can determine absolute location by using satellites and receivers on Earth.

• Global Positioning System

• Geographic Information System

• Formal Region

• Functional Region

A way of looking at the human and physical patterns on Earth and their relationships to one another.

• Spatial Perspective

• Remote Sensing

• Thematic Map

• Aquifer

  Underground water-bearing layers of porous rock, sand, or gravel.

• Aquifer

• Groundwater

• Glacier

• Precipitation

The part of the Earth where life exists.

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

• Lithosphere

• Hydrosphere

A map that emphasizes a single idea or a particular kind of information about an area.

• Thematic Map

• Spatial Perspective

• Formal Region

• Functional Region

The movement of weathered rock and material by wind, glaciers, and moving water.

• Erosion

• Elevation

• Relief

• Remote Sensing

A region defined by a common characteristic, such as production of a product.

• Formal Region

• Functional Region

• Perceptual Region

• Relative Location

Computer programs that process and organize details about places on Earth and integrate those details with satellite images and other pieces of information.

• Geographic Information System

• Global Positioning System

• Continental Drift

• Continental Shift