What Makes a Region?
About Regions
U.S. Regions
Climate 1
Climate 2
100
Regions have the same system of ________ where rules and laws are made.
What is government?
100
Regions that are based on physical features such as land and water.
What are natural regions?
100
States in the same region have similar landforms, animals, and _____________.
What are plants?
100
Water that falls as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
What is precipitation?
100
The second factor that affects climate is ___________ from a major body of water, or ocean.
What is distance?
200
Regions can also be based on __________ or the people who live in the same area.
What is population?
200
People also define regions by ____________ features such as religion or language.
What is human?
200
States within a region may depend on the same ______________resources.
What are natural resources?
200
A measure of how hot or cold the air is
What is temperature?
200
The third factor is elevation. At higher elevations, temperatures are usually _________
What is lower?
300
People in one region may share the same language or _________ which is a system of faith or worship.
What is religion?
300
Other regions can be defined by ___________ (how people earn money).
What are jobs or industry?
300
The five major United States regions are ...
What are west, southwest, midwest, northeast, southeast?
300
The usual pattern of weather conditions in a place over time
What is climate?
300
Climate affects farming in this way.
What is climate determines the crops people grow?
400
_________ are invisible lines that separate political regions, such as states or countries.
What are Borders?
400
A city where many people live is classified as an (urban/rural) area.
What is urban?
400
The ______________ is the way the people of an area choose to use the area's resources to meet the needs of its people. This relates to making, buying, and selling products and services.
What is economy?
400
The height of the land
What is elevation?
400
This significant shift in regional climate patterns is occuring because of too many greenhouse gases being released into the atmosphere.
What is Climate Change?
500
Each region has its own special __________ traits, such as Southern music and foods or the cowboy culture of the West.
What are cultural traits?
500
A "country" area with fewer people live is classified as a (rural/urban) area.
What is rural?
500
The business of farming is called this.
What is agriculture?
500
Three factors affect climate. The first is latitude, or distance from the ____________
What is equator?
500
The plant life and climate affect the ____________ found in the region.
What is animals?