UNIT I GEOGRAPHERS CRAFT

WARM UP What are ways that our state and nation are divided? Why do these divisions occur? Are these boundary lines visible or imaginary? Do regional boundaries change? If yes, what may cause the change?

REGIONS-AN AREA OR DIVISION OF THE EARTH THAT HAS DEFINABLE CHARACTERISTICS BUT NOT ALWAYS FIXED BOUNDARIES. Physical Region-.an area of land divided by natural borders.

1. DEFINE THE FOLLOWING PHYSICAL REGIONS Sahara Taiga Rain Forest Great Plains Low Countries 2. IDENTIFY THEM ON YOUR BLANK WORLD MAP 3. COLOR EACH REGION DIFFERENTLY 4.ON THE BACK- IDENTIFY SPECIFIC PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS FOR EACH REGION DEFINED

CULTURAL REGIONS Areas with one relatively homogeneous human activity or complex of activities (culture).

CULTURAL REGIONS 1. Color each of these regions Language: Latin America- Spanish Francophone world- French Ethnicity: -Chinese -Kurdistan Religion -Islam -Buddhism Economic -Wheat belt -European Union Political -North Atlantic Treaty Organization -African Union

LANGUAGES Spanish French Chinese Russian Portuguese English

RELIGION Christianity Islam Buddhism Hinduism Judaism

HOMEWORK!!! Which Language do people speak in the Sahara? Where is Christianity practiced? Which continent have more than one language practiced? Come up with a label for each region based on the language and religion practiced.

CULTURE A culture is a way of life of a group of people--the behaviors, beliefs, values, and symbols that they accept, generally without thinking about them, and that are passed along by communication and imitation from one generation to the next.

ETHNICITY An ethnic group or ethnicity is a socially defined category of people who identify with each other based on common ancestral, social, cultural or national experience

CULTURAL DIFFERENCE AND SIMILARITY CAN LINK OR DIVIDE REGIONS What are some ways they can link regions?

THINGS THAT LINK CULTURES TOGETHER Language Arab world: Arabic Hispanic America: Spanish Brazil: Portuguese Canada: French and English Switzerland: Multiple languages English: International language Ethnic heritage Former Yugoslavia: Serbs, Croats, Bosnians, Albanians Burundi and Rwanda: Hutus and Tutsis United States, Switzerland: Multiple ethnicities united in one country Korea, Japan: Predominantly single ethnicity Cyprus: Greeks and Turks Religion Hinduism Buddhism Judaism Christianity Islam

THINGS THAT DIVIDE CULTURES Conflicts between Hindus and Muslims in Pakistan and India Conflicts between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland Jews, Christians, and Muslims all claiming Jerusalem as their religious heritage site Conflicts between Sunni and Shi’a

SUNNI AND SHIITE MUSLIM CONFLICT How does Islam bring Sunni and Shi’a Muslims together? How does Islam cause conflict between the two groups?

HOMEWORK DUE MONDAY! Research a cultural

PERCEPTIONS What ideas come to mind when you hear the following terms? Sun Belt Rust Belt Middle East The South

WARM UP 9/ 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?