1. Think of how a house is divided into separate rooms.
What makes each room unique?

2. What is a Region? Similar (the same)
Regions are Areas of the Earth’s surface which share unifying characteristics.
Mavericks
Spurs
Rockets
Texas Geological
Regions
The Texas Basketball Belts

3. A Place with Similar Characteristics
What makes a region?
A Place with Similar Characteristics
Physical Characteristics
Human Characteristics
Beliefs
Urban Areas
Rural Areas
Metros,
Road networks
Woods
Plains
Mountains
Soil
River valleys

4. Fold your paper into 3 equal parts

5. NAME and PERIOD

6. FORMAL FUNCTIONAL PERCEPTUAL Characteristics: Characteristics:
Examples:
Examples:
Examples:

7. Types of Regions

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The 3 Types of Regions

9. Perceptual Region Characteristics OPINIONS about areas
NO clear boundaries
NO Factual evidence
Bible Belt
TYPES OF REGIONS

10. Perceptual Region Examples Bible Belt North Vs South Side San Antonio
Perceptions of the U.S.
Sport Fan Regions
The Bible Belt
What’s another example?
Examples
North Side
Bible Belt
South Side

11. Formal Region Characteristics Have Facts Can be Proven
Data can be collected about it
TYPES OF REGIONS

12. Examples Formal Region Climates/Biomes
Political Boundaries (countries)
Physical Features
Cultural Regions
What’s anouther example?

13. Delta Airlines region of operations
Functional Region
Characteristics
Have a use to them
Have a center
Some type of transport or carrying usually occurs
TYPES OF REGIONS
Delta Airlines region of operations
Los Angeles Subway System

14. Functional Region Examples Electrical Grid Network
Pizza Delivery network
Phone coverage Regions
What’s another example?
Examples