1. Region What characteristics connect people in larger places?
How are places similar/different from one another?

2. REGIONS How are Regions similar to and different from other places?
Formal Regions
Functional Regions
Vernacular or Perceptual Regions

4. Formal Regions Definition Examples:
Regions defined by political boundaries, or regions that have a common cultural or physical feature.
Examples:
Political Boundaries: Cities, States, School Districts, Countries, Continents
Cultural Feature: Chinatown; Latin America
Physical Feature: Rocky Mountain States, Corn Belt.

5. Formal Regions

6. Formal Regions

7. Formal Regions

8. Functional Regions Definition: Examples
Regions connected by a central function
Examples
TV Station, Pizza delivery, cell phone coverage areas, newspaper routes, Transportation Routes…
Can you think of others?

9. Vernacular/Perceptual Regions
Definition
Region whose borders/boundaries are determined by people’s beliefs. Not a scientifically measured process.

10. Perceptual Regions Examples