EQ: What are the different types of regions?

Bell Ringer Think a place you like and describe it using the location descriptors from yesterday

Functional Region Organized around a node or focal point Region is tied to the central point by transportation or communication systems or economic assoc. EX: television stations, circulation of newspaper, trading area of dept. store

Formal Region Everyone (majority) shares one or more distinct characteristics EX: language, religion, economic activity such as prod of a specific crop, climate, government units/boundaries, voting preferences

Vernacular Region A place that people believe exists as part of their identity Informal sense of place rather than scientific models EX: south

What are the regions shown and what type of regions are they?

What is this map showing? What type of regions are shown on the map?

What are the regions shown? What type of regions are these?

What are the regions shown? What type of regions are these?

What is shown in the map and what type of regions are these?

Write down as many regions that could be shown in this map.

..then label what type of region each is Slave states Plantations Accent of people Confederate Climate-hot Religion