Region
What is a Region?
An area with definable characteristics.
What is human-environmental interaction?
its a way to describe people interacting with the natural environment
describes physical and human characteristics of a location(i.e. what it is like there)
definition of location
describes where something is on Earth
definition of movement
the movement of goods, people, ideas, etc. from one place to another
What is a functional region?
A single area with surrounding areas tied to it. (Ex. Pizza delivery Zones)
What are the two types of HEI?
Adaptation and Modification
What are the different characteristics of a place?
What are the two types of locations?
Absolute and Relative
What are the different types of moving into new areas?
immigration, migration, emigration
What is a formal region?
The region with set agreed upon boundaries. (Ex. State boundaries in North America)
What is Modification?
Changing the environment to suit humans needs.
What is a physical characteristic of a place?
things like land forms, climate, natural disasters, etc.
What is an Absolute location?
An exact point with specific directions.
Name an example of movement.
Trade
What is a perceptual region?
A region from someones point of view. (Ex. The Gulf Coast)
What is Adaptation?
Humans adapting to the environment with out changing it.
What are human characteristics of a place?
man made structures, population, economics, culture, and shared history
What is relative location?
one area compared to another (Ex. two blocks from Pizza Hut)
Jimmy lays in his bed fro 10 hours. Is this movement?
No
What are the 3 types of regions?
Formal, Functional, and Perceptional
Farmers changed land to make it good for farming grapes. What type of HEI is this? Adaptation or Modification?
Modification(They changed the environment for their needs/wants.)
Lily's town has a population of 1,000. What type of characteristic is this? Physical or Human?
Human Characteristics
Jimmy lives three houses down from Vanessa. What type of location is this? Relative or Absoulute?
Relative!!!
Izzy is a truck driver and delivers goods. Is this an example of movement?
Yes