Physical & Cultural Regions

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An area with common characteristics that make it distinct from other places.

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Region

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An area that shares common characteristics such as landforms, climate, vegetation and animal life

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Physical Region

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An area where the people share common characteristics such as religious beliefs, language spoken, foods they eat, ways of dress, etc...

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cultural region

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The following are examples of which type of region:

the Himalayan Mountains

the Amazon Rain Forest

the Sahara Desert

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Physical Regions

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The following are examples of which type of region:

the United States

Greater Australia

Latin America

the Middle East

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Cultural Regions

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The shape of form of the land - mountains, deserts, valleys, canyons, plateaus, plains, etc...

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landforms

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the average weather conditions of an area including temperature and precipitation.

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climate

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the way of life - religious beliefs, language spoken, foods eaten, the arts and customs/traditions.

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culture

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how a society produces and distributes goods, services and resources

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economy

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characteristics of the people in a place - average ages, size of families, population density, birth/death rates, etc...

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population data