Post on 18-Feb-2016
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Warm-up: Friday
• 2 minute study time!!
Types of Regions
Regions
• Regions are ways of organizing people and places geographically.
• Regions are a form of spatial classification
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
Formal Physical Region
• These are natural regions of Texas
• They are defined by having similar climates, landforms, plant life, rivers, and soils
Formal Regions
The Piney Woods of East Texas is a formal region, mainly because of the pine trees that grow throughout the area.
Formal Regions
Formal Regions
Formal Regions
• 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
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
Perceptual Regions
What kind of perceptions do other people have of Texas?
Perceptual Regions
• Cowboys• Horses• Dirt roads• Conservative• Friendly• Football
Howdy y’all!
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.
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
Functional Regions
Regions are organized around a central point– surrounding areas are linked to this point.
Functional Regions
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
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
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
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
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
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
What kind of region is Northside ISD?
• A. Formal• B. Functional• C. Perceptual
What kind of region is the Great Plains?
• A. Formal• B. Functional• C. Perceptual
What kind of region is the South?
• A. Formal• B. Functional• C. Perceptual