Understanding Regions

Which two continents are located entirely in the Western Hemisphere?

• Europe and Africa
• Asia and Antarctica
• North America and Australia
• North America and South America

Mountains, rivers, lakes, deserts are all types of?

• Landforms
• Water
• Maps
• Climates

Features of a place that set it apart from other places.

• movement

• location

• place

• human environment interactions

• region

Are the regions defined by this map based on physical (natural) or human factors?

• physical factors
• human factors

Are the regions defined by this map based on physical or human factors?

• physical factors
• human factors

What's a type of Physical Feature?

• Mountains
• Volcanoes
• Streams
• All of these

What makes up Human Features

• Culture
• Economics
• Government
• All of these

Why do geographers make regions?

• They like the colors
• The president told them to
• To make it easier to study

Which of these is a PHYSICAL characteristic? 

• major cities
• desert climate
• farming
• population 

What two factors are used to determine regions

• physical and boundaries

• human and physical

• human and economic

• environmental and spatial