Warm-up: Friday

• 2 minute study time!!

Types of Regions

Regions

• Regions are ways of organizing people and places geographically.

• Regions are a form of spatial classification

Formal Regions

• An area that shares a common feature—therefore, it is different than surrounding areas

• Common features might be cultural or physical

Rocky Mountains

Formal Physical Region

• These are natural regions of Texas

• They are defined by having similar climates, landforms, plant life, rivers, and soils

Formal Regions

The Piney Woods of East Texas is a formal region, mainly because of the pine trees that grow throughout the area.

Formal Regions

Formal Regions

Formal Regions

• Formal Cultural Region—an area in which people share one or more cultural traits (language, religion, clothing, etc.) – Can be an individual country or made up of

several countries• Example: Latin America

Perceptual/Vernacular Regions• Regions that reflect human feelings and

attitudes• Based on our own perceptions—how we

look at something• There are no clear boundaries

Perceptual Regions

What kind of perceptions do other people have of Texas?

Perceptual Regions

• Cowboys• Horses• Dirt roads• Conservative• Friendly• Football

Howdy y’all!

Perceptual Regions

• Within Texas, people generally identify themselves based on where they are from: “I’m from West Texas.”

• This has no clear boundary and is based on that person’s own perception of where “West Texas” is.

Functional Regions• A region made up of different places (nodes)

that are linked together and function as a unit• Examples: shopping malls, city transit system,

cities

Functional Regions

Regions are organized around a central point– surrounding areas are linked to this point.

Functional Regions

Your Homework!

• Read pages 18-22 in your textbook (Stop at “culture”)

• Add to your notes from today– More explanation– Provide additional examples– Analyze the map examples within the text

Your Homework!

• Read pages 18-22 in your textbook (Stop at “culture”)

• Add to your notes from today– More explanation– Provide additional examples– Analyze the map examples within the text

Your Homework!

• Read pages 18-22 in your textbook (Stop at “culture”)

• Add to your notes from today– More explanation– Provide additional examples– Analyze the map examples within the text

Your Homework!

• Read pages 18-22 in your textbook (Stop at “culture”)

• Add to your notes from today– More explanation– Provide additional examples– Analyze the map examples within the text

Your Homework!

• Read pages 18-22 in your textbook (Stop at “culture”)

• Add to your notes from today– More explanation– Provide additional examples– Analyze the map examples within the text

Your Homework!

• Read pages 18-22 in your textbook (Stop at “culture”)

• Add to your notes from today– More explanation– Provide additional examples– Analyze the map examples within the text

What kind of region is Northside ISD?

• A. Formal• B. Functional• C. Perceptual

What kind of region is the Great Plains?

• A. Formal• B. Functional• C. Perceptual

What kind of region is the South?

• A. Formal• B. Functional• C. Perceptual