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What kind of region is this?
What kind of region is this?
Formal Region
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What kind of region is this?
What kind of region is this?
Functional Region
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What kind of region is this?
What kind of region is this?
Perceptual/ Vernacular Region
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How is this both a formal region and a functional region?
How is this both a formal region and a functional region?
Formal region: Iowa

Functional region: TV provider areas
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What kind of region is this?
What kind of region is this?
A Functional Region- everything centers around Chicago, highways all head that way etc
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What kind of region is this?
What kind of region is this?
A Perceptual Region- the '“areas” on the map are loosely defined
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Why are there more/ closer TV providers in the Northeast area and less in the west?
Why are there more/ closer TV providers in the Northeast area and less in the west?
DENSITY- more people are out in the Northeast than in the west, so they need more TV stations
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What are the 5 themes of geography?
Location, Place, Human Environment Interaction, Movement, Region
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What are the two types of location?

  1. Absolute Location- A latitude and longitude (global location) or a street address (local location)

  2. Relative Location- Described by landmarks, time, direction, or distance from one place to another

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What are the two characteristics of place?

  1. Human Characteristics- What are the main languages, customs, and beliefs? How many people live, work, and visit a place?

  1. Physical Characteristics- Landforms (mountians, rivers, etc) climate, vegetation, wildlife, soil, etc

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What are the three types of Human Environment Interaction?

  1. We depend on it

  2. We modify it

  3. We adapt to it

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What are the three types of movement?

  1. Human Movement (trucks, trains, planes)

  2. Information Movement (phones, computer, mail)

  3. Idea Movement- How do fads move from place to place? (TV, Radio, Magazines, Internet)

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What are the three types of regions?

  1. Formal Region- everyone shares a characteristic (homogenous physical or cultural trait)

  1. Functional Region- Area around a node or focal point

  2. Perceptual/ Vernacular Region- Perceptions or impressions that help us understand an area

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What is density and concentration?
__Where do all the people live? Are there more people in one location than another? How many things per square mile?__ 
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