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What is a Region?

What is a Region?. A. REGIONS. the same. Mavericks. Spurs. Rockets. Texas Geological Regions. Regions are Areas of the Earth’s surface which share unifying characteristics. The Texas Basketball Belts. Look around our classroom. How many Regions can you find?.

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What is a Region?

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

  2. Look around our classroom. How many Regions can you find?

  3. 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. Types of Regions

  5. Watch this!!!! The 3 Types of Regions

  6. Perceptual Region • Characteristics • OPINIONS about areas • NO clear boundaries • NO Factual evidence • Often deals with feelings or emotions Bible Belt TYPES OF REGIONS

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

  8. What is an example of a Perceptual Region in our classroom?

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

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

  11. What is an example of a Formal Region in our classroom?

  12. 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

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

  14. What is an example of a Functional Region in our classroom?

  15. Formal, Functional, or Perceptual?

  16. Formal, Functional, or Perceptual? • The location where the bubonic plague began • Hillbillies are from Arkansas • Locations protected by a given fire station • Arctic Ice Caps

  17. Formal, Functional, or Perceptual? • City of Allen Public Utilities • Congo Rainforest • Amazon.com’s availability region • U.S. Bread Basket region

  18. Regions Map Exercise • On the blank outline map • Label the Culture Regions (in packet) • Color Language Regions (in packet) • Create symbols to locate world religions (pg. 103 purple textbook)

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