1. Chapter 2 - Lesson 4 Looking at Regions
Patterns of Life

2. Political Regions pg
A political region is an area of land where the people are ruled under one government
This can also be called a country or a nation
The world’s largest political region or nation in area is Russia, it covers more than 6.5 million square miles
The world’s smallest political region or nation in area is Vatican City, which is 1/6th of a square mile

3. Political Regions pg 76 - 78 Most borders are invisible lines
Border – a line that divides one nation from another nation
Most borders are invisible lines
like the border of the United States
and Canada
Some borders are based on
physical features of the land
like part of the border of Mexico
and the U.S.A. that follows the
Rio Grande river.

4. Political Regions pg
Empire – an area consisting of many lands that have come under the control of one ruler
During ancient times powerful civilizations built great empires ex: Roman, Aztecs, England, Spanish
By conquering new lands each empire grew in size and power and expanded its borders

5. Political Regions pg
Colony – an area of land ruled by a government in another land
The United States was originally 13 English colonies
After a colony begins to rule itself or breaks away from the original country their borders usually remain unchanged

6. Political Regions pg
Sub-regions – smaller divisions inside a larger region
Not only nations but also areas within nations can be political regions
In the United States we have sub-regions called states within the nation of the United States
In each state there are state laws as well as national laws that each citizen must follow
States can be divided into even smaller sub-regions that include cities, towns, counties, or parishes

7. What makes a region a political region?
(pg.78)

8. Cultural Regions pg
Cultural regions – regions that are divided by their shared culture traits
Cultural regions can be shown on maps and can show a regions shared language or religion for example
Like political regions, cultural regions can change over time due to the movement of people from one place to another

9. Cultural Regions pg
What do you think each of these cultural regions are defined by? 2 1
All Eurpoean languages come from one language family – Indo-European 11
Slavic language
The English Language and Christianity 9
Chinese culture
Islam Religion 3
Hindu
religion 6
The Latin language and Roman Catholic religion
Chinese and Japanese cultures 7 5
Bantu language Family 8
Location
English language and Christianity 4 10

10. What makes a region a cultural region?
(pg.80)

11. Economic Regions pg
Economic regions are generally broken into two different types, developing and developed nations
They can be further broken down based on the industries that are present in the nation: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, and Quaternary
They can also go as far as being grouped based on what the major item produced or major economic activities in the area are
The economic activity that a certain area has gives the people a common bond and makes the region different from other regions

12. Economic Regions pg

13. What makes a region an economic region?
(pg.81)

14. Remember
Cultural regions
Sub-regions
Colony
Empire
border