1. Warm-up: Friday 2 minute study time!!

2. Types of Regions

3. Regions Regions are ways of organizing people and places geographically. Regions are a form of spatial classification

4. Formal Regions An area that shares a common feature— therefore, it is different than surrounding areas Common features might be cultural or physical Rocky Mountains

5. Formal Physical Region These are natural regions of Texas They are defined by having similar climates, landforms, plant life, rivers, and soils

6. Formal Regions The Piney Woods of East Texas is a formal region, mainly because of the pine trees that grow throughout the area.

7. Formal Regions

9. Formal Cultural Region—an area in which people share one or more cultural traits (language, religion, clothing, etc.) – Can be an individual country or made up of several countries Example: Latin America

10. Perceptual/Vernacular Regions Regions that reflect human feelings and attitudes Based on our own perceptions—how we look at something There are no clear boundaries

12. Perceptual Regions What kind of perceptions do other people have of Texas?

13. Perceptual Regions Cowboys Horses Dirt roads Conservative Friendly Football Howdy y’all!

14. Perceptual Regions Within Texas, people generally identify themselves based on where they are from: “I’m from West Texas.” This has no clear boundary and is based on that person’s own perception of where “West Texas” is.

15. Functional Regions A region made up of different places (nodes) that are linked together and function as a unit Examples: shopping malls, city transit system, cities

16. Functional Regions Regions are organized around a central point– surrounding areas are linked to this point.

17. Functional Regions

18. Your Homework! Read pages 18-22 in your textbook (Stop at “culture”) Add to your notes from today – More explanation – Provide additional examples – Analyze the map examples within the text

19. Your Homework! Read pages 18-22 in your textbook (Stop at “culture”) Add to your notes from today – More explanation – Provide additional examples – Analyze the map examples within the text

20. Your Homework! Read pages 18-22 in your textbook (Stop at “culture”) Add to your notes from today – More explanation – Provide additional examples – Analyze the map examples within the text

21. Your Homework! Read pages 18-22 in your textbook (Stop at “culture”) Add to your notes from today – More explanation – Provide additional examples – Analyze the map examples within the text

22. Your Homework! Read pages 18-22 in your textbook (Stop at “culture”) Add to your notes from today – More explanation – Provide additional examples – Analyze the map examples within the text

23. Your Homework! Read pages 18-22 in your textbook (Stop at “culture”) Add to your notes from today – More explanation – Provide additional examples – Analyze the map examples within the text

24. What kind of region is Northside ISD? A. Formal B. Functional C. Perceptual

25. What kind of region is the Great Plains? A. Formal B. Functional C. Perceptual

26. What kind of region is the South? A. Formal B. Functional C. Perceptual