Fun facts
Which of the following is false?
Technology helps connect different regions
Regions depend on one another
Regions are all the same
Regions change when people modify them
Regions are all the same
Why is Washington, DC, an example of a political region?
A. Many government leaders live there
B Government in the largest employer in the area
C It is a city where people share a government
It is not part of a state
It is a city where people share a government.
Many people in the neighborhood of Little Havana in Miami, Florida, have a Cuban background. Which of the following statements best describes Little Havana?
A It is a cultural region
b. it is an economic region
c. it is a physical region
d it is a political region
A It is a cultural region
Into how many regions does your textbook group all the states?
A. three
b four
c five
d six
five
What are the three levels of government in the United States Government?
A. Executive, legislative, and judicial?
B. federal, state, and local
c state, country and city
d federal, district and borough?
federal, state and local
Which of these political regions share the world's longest unprotected border?
A Canada and the United States
b Mexico and the US
c Candada and Greenland
d Central America and the Caribbean
Canada and the US
Into what kinds of political regions is Mexico divided?
Commonwealths
provinces
states
territories
states
Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States
What does the word commonwealth mean in the sentence above?
A a former state
b a country that shares a border with the US
c a country that trades with the US
d a territory of the US that governs itself
D a territory of the US the governs itself
All regions are interdependent. What does this mean?
regions depend upon one another for resources
Why do people divide places into political regions
It helps people live and govern in an organized way. It makes places easier to describe and understand.
What kinds of features can be used to describe a physical region?
landforms, rivers, lakes, oceans, climates, natural vegetation, elevation or wildlife
How can forms of communication connect regions
they allow people to see and hear what is happening
How do people modify their environment to meet their needs?
clear forests, plow land, build buildings, dam rivers, make new lakes and dig mines and wells