Unit Test review
Unit I notes
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Formal Regions explained
BASICS OF REGIONS: What is a region? A region is an area of the earth's surface with similar characteristics. Regions usually have more than one characteristic that unifies them. These may include physical, political, economic, and cultural characteristics. Geographers categorize regions in three way: formal, functional, and perceptual regions.
TYPES OF REGIONS:
1)FORMAL REGIONS: These regions have limited numbers of related characteristics. Formal regions usually have distinct boundaries, and are related by their physical and cultural characterisitcs. Examples of formal regions are: Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Sahel region (Northern Africa), and the United States and Canada.
TYPES OF REGIONS:
1)FORMAL REGIONS: These regions have limited numbers of related characteristics. Formal regions usually have distinct boundaries, and are related by their physical and cultural characterisitcs. Examples of formal regions are: Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Sahel region (Northern Africa), and the United States and Canada.
Functional Region explained
2)FUNCTIONAL REGION A region organized around a set of interactions and connections between places. Usually a functional region is categorized by a hub, or central place, and links to that central region. Cities are considered functional regions because highways, rail roads, subways and buses moved people from the suburbs to the central part of the city or downtown. Other examples can be the port of Houston, radio and tv air waves, cell phone frequency, and wifi connections.
Perceptual/vernacular Region explained
3.)PERCEPTUAL/VERNACULAR REGIONS A perceptual region is also known as a vernacular region. These are regions based on what people see and how people categorize the characteristics themselves. Everyone can see the same region in a different way based on our emotions to that region, background, and education about that region.