1. 1 Time Zones and Regions What are they?

2. 2 A diverse world The world is full of different things: cultures, landforms, cities, landscapes, climates, traditions etc Geographers use different tools to categorize these different aspects

3. 3 One way: time zones The world is divided into 24 time zones. Each one is worth one hour change. The international dateline is where the day of the week changes.

4. 4 The World Time Zones

5. 5 Canada Time Zones Canada uses six primary time zones. From east to west they are Newfoundland Time Zone, Atlantic Time Zone, Eastern Time, Central Time Zone, Mountain Time Zone, and the Pacific Time Zone. Each one is worth one hour except for Newfoundland which is worth 30 minutes

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7. 7 Another way is through regions Regions are areas or segments of the earth’s surface defined by a particular characteristic or set of characteristics. For example, a region can be defined based on climate or physical background (such as deserts)

8. 8 Let’s look at small scale regions first… Suppose the buildings in different parts of a town were built at different periods of history. The buildings in each part of town may have been built in different styles and with different building materials. If you put all of those styles on a map there would be different patterns emerging. -micro regions or mini regions are we call the town’s neighbourhood

9. 9 Ottawa’s micro regions

10. 10 Physical and Human Characteristics Regions Global Connections (Physical) Latitude longitude Physical environment (Physical) Climate Soil Vegetatio n Landform s wildlife Culture (Human) Language Ethnicity Religion Social customs History Art, architectu re, sports etc Economy (Human) Industries/ services Resource s Levels of income Political Identity (Human) Boundarie s Beliefs Internatio nal relations Demographic s (Human) Size of population Distributio n Density Movemen t (migration )

11. 11 Global Connections (Physical) Latitude longitude Physical environment (Physical) ◦ Climate ◦ Soil ◦ Vegetation ◦ Landforms ◦ wildlife

12. 12 Culture (Human) Language Ethnicity Religion Social customs History Art, architecture, sports etc

13. 13 Economy (Human) Industries/services Resources Levels of income Political Identity (Human) ◦ Boundaries ◦ Beliefs ◦ International relations

14. 14 Demographics (Human) Size of population Distribution Density Movement (migration)

15. 15 Large Scale Regions Macro-regions: large scale region Example: Canada’s 15 terrestrial ecozones ◦ Looks at a mixture of human and physical characteristics

16. 16 Describing Regions Small scale vs large scale Homogenous Region vs Functional Region Homogenous Region: a common characteristic or set of characteristics throughout its whole area (eg Africa: Climate: hot dry in dessert) Functional Region: an area defined by a specific function or activity (eg an area where newspapers get delivered)

17. 17 Comparing Regions Comparing regions can be helpful when deciding on where to travel ◦ Looks at travel destinations pros and cons ◦ Tourism issues in areas

18. 18 We are going to look at world regions…. Caribbean Australia South America Africa Europe Asia Canada and North America