World Geography Chapters 1 and 2

when oceanic plates dive under continental plates and melt, sometimes causing magma to rise and form volcanic mountains on land

• accretion

• subduction

• desalination

An exact position

• Map Projection

• Relative Location

• Absolute Location

• Spatial Perspective

A map that shows physical elevations.

• Spatial Perspective

• Functional Region

• Perceptual Region

• Map Projection

The shortest path between two points on a globe.

• Great Circle Route

• Functional Region

• Cylindrical Projection

• Absolute Location

A place defined by associated values and traditions.

• Perceptual Region

• Spatial Perspective

• Relative Location

• Relief

An area characterized by a certain unifying quality or characteristic.

• Functional Region

• Map Projection

• Perceptual Region

• Formal Region

The identification of one place by referring to another known place.

• Formal Region

• Relative Location

• Absolute Location

• Perceptual Region

An area that includes a central place and the related places around it.

• Formal Region

• Relative Location

• Functional Region

• Perceptual Region

A way of looking at human and physical patterns and their relationships.

• Spatial Perspective

• Map Projection

• Great Circle Route

• Relief

A mathematical means to prevent the curved surface of Earth on a flat surface.

• Spatial Perspective

• Perceptual Region

• Map Projection

• Relative Location