Unit 3 – Regions and Places

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Unit 3 – Regions and Places

Geographic Regions Formal regions are areas in which a certain characteristic is found throughout them. Functional regions consist of a central place and the surrounding places affected by it. Perceptual regions are defined by people’s attitudes and feelings about areas.

Formal Regions: Political Areas in which a certain characteristic is found throughout them. Political units: where all people are subject to same laws and government. Examples are: States Countries Cities

Formal

Climate Map

Formal Regions: Great Plains & the Pampas Great Plains - temperate (warm) grasslands and fertile soils Pampas - Argentina and southern South America: temperate (warm) grasslands and fertile soils

Formal Regions: The Corn Belt Corn Belt - Region in USA where corn is grown in abundance

Functional Regions consist of a central place and the surrounding places affected by it. Often linked by the flow or movement of something I.e. - Dallas-Fort Worth TX Metropolitan Area = linked by a common airport

Transportation Corridor

Pizza Delivery

Mass Transportation

Theme Parks

Highway Systems

Cell Phone Networks

Free Trade Zones

Functional Regions: Amazon River Drainage Basin

Perceptual Regions (Vernacular) Defined by people’s attitudes and feelings about areas. May vary by individual perceptions Perceptual Regions (Vernacular) The American South: sometimes known as * “Heart of Dixie” * “Dixie” * “Cotton Belt”

Perceptual Regions: The Upper Midwest

Perceptual Regions: World Cities Paris = City of Lights Chicago = Windy City

Perceptual Regions: US Cities New York = The Big Apple Las Vegas = Sin City

Perceptual Regions: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: The “Marvelous City”

Perceptual Regions: St. Louis Missouri: “Gateway to the West”

Perceptual Regions: Mexico City, Mexico: “The City of Palaces”

Perceptual Regions: Tibet: “The Rooftop of the World”

Supranational Regions a type of multinational political union where negotiated power is delegated to an authority by governments of member states.

European Union

NATO

United Nations

NAFTA

OPEC

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