1. WHY IS EACH PLACE ON THE EARTH UNIQUE? HOW DO GEOGRAPHERS USE REGIONS TO SPATIALLY ORGANIZE PLACES ON A MAP? The Uniqueness of Places and Organization of Regions Adapted from Rubenstein Chapter 1 lecture

2. Name the Place

11. How are these related to one another?

14. Place: Unique Location of a Feature 1) Toponyms- Where do they come from? 2) Site  Physical character?  Modified by humans? 3) Situation  Location relative to other places?  Importance of location? 4) Mathematical Location  Parallels and Meridians  Latitude and Longitude Funny place names… NEXT

15. Wouldn’t you love to live here? Puke is a real place in Albania. Beersville, is a town in Pennsylvania, USA. Ugley can be found in Essex, England. Boring, is in Oregon, USA. Slack Bottom is near Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, England. Wetwang in East Yorkshire, England. Fleatown, is an itchy place in Ohio. Middle Wallop is a small town in Hampshire, England. Woolloomooloo is a township in Australia. Intercourse is found in nearby Lancaster County. BACK

16. Site: Lower Manhattan Island Fig. 1-6: Site of lower Manhattan Island, New York City. There have been many changes to the area over the last 200 years.

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

18. Regions: Areas of unique characteristics Regions  Cultural landscape  Types of regions  Formal  Functional  Vernacular Also called a uniform or homogenous region. Everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics. (Economic characteristic, cultural value, environmental property) Also called a nodal region. Organized around a node or focal points… influence of certain defining characteristic diminishes outward. (Newspaper areas, radio broadcasting areas, etc) Also called a perceptual region. A place that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity. AHEAD

19. Presidential Election 2004 Regional Differences Fig. 1-10: Presidential election results by county & state illustrate differences in regional voting patterns. GO BACK

20. Formal and Functional Regions Fig. 1-11: The state of Iowa is an example of a formal region; the areas of influence of various television stations are examples of functional regions. GO BACK

21. Vernacular Regions Fig. 1-12: A number of features are often used to define the South as a vernacular region, each of which identifies somewhat different boundaries.

22. 12 Vernacular Regions of U.S. GO BACK by Wilbur Zelinsky Reproduced under the Fair Use interpretation of copyright laws, courtesy of www.csiss.org

23. World Climate Regions Fig. 1-14: The modified Köppen system divides the world into five main climate regions.

24. CULTURE To care about Language, religion, ethnicity Traditions, values To take care of  Food, clothing, shelter  Wealth, material goods, means of income