5&6&7 HGS Types of Regions Formal-Functional-Perceptual

Are areas that have officially recognized boundaries defining them. They have common human or physical characteristics.

• Formal Region

• Functional Region

• Perceptual

is classified as distinct from other regions due to specific processes. This means it is an area that serves a particular function

• Perceptual Region

• Functional Region

• Formal Region

Exists in people’s minds and is based on their attitudes and emotions about a place.

• Functional Region

• Perceptual Region

• Formal Region

States are an example of what type of region?

• Perceptual Region

• Functional Region

• Formal Region

Match the correct type region to the picture

• Formal Region

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• Functional Region

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• Perceptual Region

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Land use patterns, climate, religion, and languages are examples of what type of region?

• Formal Region

• Functional Region

• Perceptual Region

When people cannot decide where a boundary begins and ends, often based on what they were taught over time what type of region is it?

• Functional Region

• Perceptual Region

• Formal Region

Match the correct type of region to the picture.

• Formal Region

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• Perceptual Region

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• Functional Region

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Which is NOT an example of a functional region?

• the circulation area of a newspaper.
• the area of dominance of a local television station.
• the market area of a supermarket.
• the area dominated by a particular crop.

Which of the following regions is being illustrated in the map above?

• Formal

• Perceptual

• Functional

• Nodal

• Uniform

Answer explanation

These regions would differ depending on who you ask. The cardinal directions being used make these regions relative.