5 Themes: Region

Which theme of geography studies how and why areas are similar to other areas?

• place

• region

• human-environment interaction

• location

• movement

Which question best describes Region?

• Where is it?

• What does it look like when you get there?

• What do places have in common?

• What do people do to the environment?

When places share common or similar characteristics they are called a _______________.

• Location

• Place

• Human-environment interaction

• Movement

• Region

Choose all that could be a physical region...

• the Amazon rainforest

• the Atacama desert

• the Himalayan mountains

• an apartment building

The Rocky Mountain area is a ______ region.

• political

• physical

True or False : A region can include both political units (states, countries, and provinces) and cultural features (language, religion).

• True

• False

The European Union is a group of countries that share similar economic and government policies, in addition to sharing a common history. This is a ____________ region.

• Political/Cultural

• Physical

This picture best represents which of the following?

• Political/Cultural Region

• Physical Region

These countries in Asia have borders which makes it a ________ ______.

• Political Region

• Physical Region

Sweden, Norway & Finland experience snowy, cold winters and mild summers which makes it a region based on...

• climate

• movement

• water use