1. Unit 3 – Regions and Places

2. Geographic Regions
Formal regions are areas in which a certain characteristic is found throughout them.
Functional regions consist of a central place and the surrounding places affected by it.
Perceptual regions are defined by people’s attitudes and feelings about areas.

3. Formal Regions: Political
Areas in which a certain characteristic is found throughout them.
Political units: where all people are subject to same laws and government.
Examples are:
States
Countries
Cities

4. Formal

5. Climate Map

6. Formal Regions: Great Plains & the Pampas
Great Plains - temperate (warm) grasslands and fertile soils
Pampas - Argentina and southern South America: temperate (warm) grasslands and fertile soils

7. Formal Regions: The Corn Belt
Corn Belt - Region in USA where corn is grown in abundance

8. Functional Regions
consist of a central place and the surrounding places affected by it.
Often linked by the flow or movement of something
I.e. - Dallas-Fort Worth TX Metropolitan Area = linked by a common airport

9. Transportation Corridor

10. Pizza Delivery

11. Mass Transportation

12. Theme Parks

13. Highway Systems

14. Cell Phone Networks

15. Free Trade Zones

17. Functional Regions: Amazon River Drainage Basin

18. Perceptual Regions (Vernacular)
Defined by people’s attitudes and feelings about areas.
May vary by individual perceptions
Perceptual Regions (Vernacular)
The American South:
sometimes known as
* “Heart of Dixie”
* “Dixie”
* “Cotton Belt”

19. Perceptual Regions: The Upper Midwest

20. Perceptual Regions: World Cities
Paris = City of Lights
Chicago = Windy City

21. Perceptual Regions: US Cities
New York = The Big Apple
Las Vegas = Sin City

22. Perceptual Regions: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: The “Marvelous City”

23. Perceptual Regions: St. Louis Missouri: “Gateway to the West”

24. Perceptual Regions: Mexico City, Mexico: “The City of Palaces”

25. Perceptual Regions: Tibet: “The Rooftop of the World”

26. Supranational Regions
a type of multinational political union where negotiated power is delegated to an authority by governments of member states.

27. European Union

28. NATO

29. United Nations

30. NAFTA

31. OPEC