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Understanding Regions True or False
Kinds of regions
United States Regions
Neighboring Countries
Vocabulary
100
True or false: A region can be large or small
What is True
100
This region is a place where people share a government
What is a political region
100
Each of the 50 states in the United States are __________ regions
What is political region
100
With what country does the United States share the world's largest unprotected border?
What is Canada and the United States share the largest unprotected border.
100
What does the word commonwealth mean? " Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States"
What is, a territory of the United States that governs itself.
200
True or False: The neighborhood you live in is considered a region
What is True
200
Three examples of a political region are
What are, states, cities, and towns
200
How many regions are there in the United States and name them.
What is there are 5 regions. They are the Northeast, Souteast, Midwest, The west, and The Southwest
200
The United States is divided into states, but Canada is divided into...
What are provinces and territories
200
What does it mean for a nation to be interdependent?
What is, The regions depend on one another for resources, products, and services.
300
True or False: The continent of North America is not considered a region
What is False. Even though a continent is a big piece of land it is stil a region because regions come in all sizes!
300
What are economic regions based off of and give an example of an economic region
They are based off of the way people in an area use resources. An example is, people in Texas and Oklahoma make money by drilling for oil, so they are considered an oil producing region.
300
What does it mean to be a federal district? Give an example of a federal district.
What is, a federal district means that if is not part of any state. The represntatives in congress have limited voting power but the people can sill vote for president. Ex) Washington D.C.
300
Give three details about Canada's geography
In the West there are a lot of mountains and forests. In Central Canada there are a lot of farmlands. Some areas in Canada have many rivers and lakes, and the north is very cold and icy.
300
What (3) features can define a physical region?
What are, landforms, rivers, lakes, oceans, climates, natural vegetation, elevation, wildlife.
400
True or False: Regions are different so they do not need to interact with other regions
What is False: even though regions differ, they still depend on one another
400
How are physical regions defined?
Physical regions are defined by nature and also by people like forest rangers who may divide the country into regions based on trees.
400
What are the two political region that states can be divided into? Hint: Think of the map of RI that was shown with your groups
What are, counties and cities
400
Mexico is divided into _________, like the United States. Most people in Mexico are ___________ speaking.
What is states, Spanish
400
What are some exampes of communication used today? Why is communication important for regions?
Examples are, cell phones, fax machines, telephones, computers and the internet. Communication is importnt because it allows people from different regions to connect with one another and share information.
500
True or False: All regions are interdependent and depend on one another for resources, products, and services
What is True
500
Name three things that define a cultural region
Three things that define a cultural region are, religion, language, and the main ethnic group that lives there.
500
What are the three levels of government? Provide two examples of what each one is responsible for
What are, federal, state, and local governments. examples: federal- overseeing the postal service, represents America, makes treaties. state- taking care of state roads and parks, oversee public schools, help people pay for shelter, health care, and needs. local- build and repair local roads, provide police and fire protection, oversee libraries and public schools.
500
Describe the land and climate in Central America and the Carribbean
They are both located in the tropics so they have warm weather all year round. There is a lot of percipitation and rain forests. There are a lot of islands in these areas that people like to go to on vacation.
500
What does the word modify mean? How can people modify the environment to meet their needs?
To modify means, to change the environment to meet needs. People can block the flow of rivers to get power, clear trees, and build factories.