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Regions of the World
SOL WG.3a
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Essential Understandings
Regions are areas of the earth’s surface which share unifying characteristics.
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Essential Questions
Why do geographers create and use regions as organizing concepts?
What are some examples of physical and cultural regions?
What are some examples of regional labels that reflect changes in perceptions?
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Physical Regions
The term ‘physical’ in geography refers to:
Landforms
Vegetation
Climate
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Physical Regions
A few examples of physical regions are:
The Sahara Desert
The Taiga
Rainforest
The Great Plains
The Low Countries
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Sahara Desert
Unifying Characteristic: Climate
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The Taiga
Unifying Characteristics: Climate and Vegetation
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The Taiga
Coniferous trees in the Alaskan taiga.
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Rainforest
Unifying Characteristics: Climate and Vegetation.
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The Great Plains
Unifying Characteristics: Topography and Vegetation. The Great Plains is a region that extends from Canada to Texas. This region is extremely flat and it is covered by a grassland called the prairie.
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The Low Countries
Unifying Characteristic: Topography. The low countries are Belgium and The Netherlands in Europe. These countries are very flat and low in elevation. Parts of The Netherlands are below sea level.
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Cultural Regions
Cultural regions are based on unifying characteristics such as:
Language
Ethnicity
Religion
Economic Conditions
Politics
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Language Regions
Latin America - Spanish
Francophone World - Countries in the world that have adopted French as a language of commerce and politics. Most of these countries were colonized by France.
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Latin America
Green = SpanishOrange = PortugueseBlue = French or Creole
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Francophone World
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Ethnic Regions
Chinatowns or ethnic neighborhoods such as Little Havana.
Kurdistan - A region in the Middle East that encompasses parts of Iraq, Turkey, Syria, and Iran where Kurdish people live.
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Chinatowns
Many large cities around the world have neighborhoods composed of different ethnic groups because people want to live near people who are similar. Chinatowns are an example of a region based on culture.
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Kurdistan
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Religious Regions
The Islamic World (Southwest Asia, North Africa, Central Asia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia.
Buddhism (Southeast Asia: Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, parts of China, Korea, and Japan)
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The Muslim World
Unifying Characteristic: The religion of Islam.
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Economic Regions
The Wheat Belt - This is an area in the central United States where wheat or other grains are the primary agricultural product.
The European Union - A group of countries in Europe that have signed agreements to stimulate trade and business.
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Wheat Belt
Unifying Characteristic: Economies based on wheat production.
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Political Regions
North Atlantic Treaty Organization - NATO is a group of countries that share the common purpose of protecting and promoting democracy. Some members of NATO are: The U.S., Canada, France, Great Britain.
African Union - A political union in Africa that seeks to promote peace, prosperity, and commerce.
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Changes in Perception
The way we understand and view regions can change over time.
Sun Belt
Rust Belt
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Sun Belt
The Sun Belt is a region that stretches across the southern United States. The population in this region has grown over the last few decades for several reasons.
Widespread use of air conditioning
People retire in northern states and move south
Illegal immigration
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Sun Belt
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Rust Belt
The Rust Belt is a region in the northeastern United States that used to be the center of heavy industry in the United States such as the automobile industry and steel production. Global competition has forced these industries to either close down or restructure resulting in the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs.
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Rust Belt
A few cities in the Rust Belt are:
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Cleveland
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Rust Belt