Regions
This type of region is based on shared characteristics like political system, culture, or climate.
Formal region
This continent is mostly highly developed, is in the northern hemisphere, and is surrounded by the North Sea, Atlantic Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea.
Europe
This sphere is made up of the water, ice, and vapor on the earth's surface
The Hydrosphere
This process is the cracking apart of rocks into smaller pieces by water, humans, or other forces
Mechanical weathering
This ocean is between Asia, the Americas, and Oceania, and its name means "peaceful"
Pacific Ocean
This type of region is based on the way outsiders view it, including stereotypes which could be true or false.
Perceptual region
This continent has a mix of high, mid, and less developed countries, is in the northern hemisphere, and is surrounded by the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
North America
This sphere is made up of the earth's crust and all the continents and rocky landforms
The Lithosphere
This process involves all the ways that parts and types of soil come together in an area
Soil building
This ocean is between the Americas, Europe, and Africa
Atlantic Ocean
This type of region is connected by some kind of network, like a highway system or cell phone towers.
Functional region
This continent is the most populous, is mostly in the northern hemisphere, and is surrounded by the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.
Asia
This sphere is made up of the layers of air above the earth's surface, and the storms it produces
The Atmosphere
This process involves the movement of large plates floating on the upper mantle of the earth, and often causes earthquakes
Plate tectonics
This ocean is between Africa, Asia, and Oceania
Indian Ocean
A region where the people are mainly Muslim, and live in countries with autocratic governments would be a ______ region.
Formal
This continent straddles the equator, has many less developed countries, and contains the place where humans evolved as a species.
Africa
This sphere is made up of the living things on earth, including humans, plants, and animals
The Biosphere
This process is the gradual wearing away of very small pieces of a landform by wind or water over thousands or millions of years
Erosion
This ocean is at the top of the world and surrounds the ice cap at the north pole
Arctic Ocean
A region where people are seen as being rude or unfriendly and talking too fast would be a ______ region.
Perceptual
This continent is made up completely of islands, was the last to be completely settled, and is surrounded by the Southern and Pacific Oceans.
Oceania (nee Australia)
Each sphere contains one of these, which recycles the material that the sphere is made of
A cycle (water cycle, air cycle, rock cycle, life cycle)
This process is the wearing away and shaping of landscapes by enormous sheets of ice which can be up to a mile thick
Glaciation
This ocean surrounds Antarctica and used to be named for it, but isn't anymore
Southern Ocean