Themes
Area with shared human and physical characteristics
Region
This is an area of land that receives very little rainfall
Desert
An opening in the earth's crust that releases gas, lava, and ash
Volcano
This is the outermost layer of the earth
The crust
Refers to the human and physical characteristics of a place such as size, shape, and climate
Place
This is the largest river in the world by volume
The Amazon river
These are the largest mountain chain in North America
This is the innermost layer of the earth
Inner core
Push and pull factors are part of this geography theme
Movement
This is an ocean ridge made up of small sea animal remains
Coral reef
This is a large area of slow moving ice
Glacier
The layer that resides the closest to the innermost layer of the earth
The outer core
This type of region is defined by people's perception
Perceptual
Largest mountain chain in South America
Andes
This is an inlet of the sea that is almost completely surrounded by land and is smaller than a gulf
Bay
This is the term used for describing a half of the globe
Hemisphere
theme that describes how people, use, live on, and change the land
Human-Environment Interaction
This is where the largest plateau in the world is located
Tibet
This place was made by a volcano and has hexagonal columns made of basalt and is located in Northern Ireland
Giant's Causeway
This middle layer of the earth is made up of molten rock
The mantle