PLACE NAME DUH!!!! BIXBY OKLAHOMA UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

TOPONYMS FUN, FUN, FUN! NAME GIVEN TO A PLACE ON EARTH! LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGRYCHWYRNDROPWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH—”CHURCH ST. MARY’S IN THE GROVE OF THE WHITE HAZLENUT TREE NEAR THE RAPID WHIRLPOOL AND THE CHURCH OF ST TISILIO NEAR THE RED CAVE” LONGEST IN US—LAKE CHARGOGGAGOGGMANCHAUGGAGOGGCHAUBUNAGUNGAMAUGG IN MASSACHUSETTS

physical character of place Climate Water sources Topography Soil Vegetation Latitude elevation SITE

DO YOU KNOW WHERE JUJAX IS? HOW ‘BOUT THE OLD FOLK’S HOME? SITUATION DO YOU KNOW WHERE JUJAX IS? HOW ‘BOUT THE OLD FOLK’S HOME? THE STRAIGHT OF MALACCA?

Situation: Singapore Fig. 1-7: Singapore is situated at a key location for international trade.

What is a Region? A region is an area with one or more common features that make it different from surrounding areas.

People within the region may have a distinct “sense of place” or an identity with certain cultural elements

CULTURAL LANDSCAPE a combination of cultural, economic and physical features Defined by Carl Sauer as an area fashioned from nature by a cultural group “regional studies” approach initiated by Paul Vidal de la Bloche and Jean Brunhes around the turn of the 20th century Later adopted by American geographers including Robert Platt Region’s uniqueness comes from a combination of human and environmental factors People are the most important agent of change on the earth’s surface

The visible human imprint on the landscape. Cultural Landscape The visible human imprint on the landscape. Religion and cremation practices diffuse with Hindu migrants from India to Kenya.

2 main classifications of regions Countries that share common features Or localities in a country that share common features

VERNACULAR or PERCEPTUAL REGION PLACE THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE EXIST AS PART OF CULTURAL IDENTITY MENTAL MAPS—PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE

How are regions defined How are regions defined? They are defined by their physical & human characteristics

WHAT ARE THE 3 TYPES OF REGIONS?

Formal: same as a uniform region—has some characteristic in common that is measurable —such as language, crop, climate. Ex. State, country, wheat belt, etc. They can be generalizations and not always precise.

Functional Region Nodal region—centered around a focal point Characteristic diminishes away from focal point Linked by communication or transportation Usually economic Newspaper circulation, tv stations, etc.

VERNACULAR or PERCEPTUAL REGION PLACE THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE EXIST AS PART OF CULTURAL IDENTITY MENTAL MAPS—PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE US map assignment

Other names for regions: Formal: uniform or homogenous Functional: nodal Vernacular: perceptual

Key Question: What are Geographic Concepts, and How are they used in Answering Geographic Questions?

Geographic Concepts Ways of seeing the world spatially that are used by geographers in answering research questions.

Geographic inquiry focuses on the spatial: - the spatial arrangement of places and phenomena (human and physical). - how are things organized on Earth? - how do they appear on the landscape? - why? where? so what?

Regional Integration of Culture Culture is an all-encompassing term that identifies not only the whole tangible lifestyle of peoples, but also their prevailing values and beliefs. - cultural trait—the impact of material and not material culture on the environment - cultural complex—group of traits that defines a particular culture - cultural hearth—origin of a culture trait, or one of the original cultures in prehistoric context