Chapter 3 Lesson 1Regions Around You

A region is an area with at least one feature that makes it different from other areas

A region may be large or small, urban, coastal, Spanish-speaking, a desert region or a mining region

Regions depend on one another-People in urban regions depend on rural regions for farming and food (resources, products and services)-this is called interdependence

Kinds of Regions Political Region-A place where people share a

government , every state, city and town is a political region, including the U.S.-people follow laws and share leaders

Physical Regions Based on natural features (landforms, rivers,

wildlife, natural vegetation, climates) based on nature (trees), DO not have exact borders

Economic Regions-Based on the way people in an area use resources to meet their needs

Cultural Region-an area where people share a certain way of life (religion, language, main ethnic group that live there)

An ethnic group is made up of people from the same country or who have a shared way of life

What are the four main types of regions-physical, cultural, political, economic

Regions change and connect-Regions change over time (natural events, or people modify them)

Political regions-an example of change is going from 13 to 50 states

Physical regions- an example of change is when people changed the flow of rivers, cleared trees, agricultural regions changed to manufacturing regions, cultural regions changed to urban regions

Streets, highways, airports and railroads link/connect regions, this allows people to travel and trade ideas. Technology helps connect regions, it makes communication all over the world possible

Communication- the way people send and receive information (cell phone, fax, computers, TV and radio)