Topic 2: Places and Regions

What word means "To move from one place to another"?

• Region

• Migrate

• Import

• Globalization

What word means "a group of places with similar characteristics"

• Export

• Domestic

• Region

• Globalization

Which is an example of spatial interaction?

• A family eating food from their own garden

• A person reading a book at home

• Shoes made in Canada purchased in Michigan

• People working on their family farm

Put the examples in the correct region type:

Groups:

(a) Formal Region

,

(b) Functional Region

,

(c) Perceptual Region

• Grand Rapids, Mi

• France

• The South

• California

• New York City

• Northern Michigan

Which is NOT a characteristics that can define a region?

• Different Languages

• A similar climate

• Shared Landforms

• Shared Beliefs

How do barriers, either physical or cultural, impact the interaction between places/people?

• Barriers like mountains and different languages make traveling and communication difficult

• People never give up until they overcome the barrier

• Barriers make traveling and communicating easier

• They improve the frequency of connections

Which word means "To bring a product into one country from another country"?

• Globalization

• Import

• Place

• Migrate

Which word's definition starts with "Increasing interconnection of economic, political, ..."?

• Export

• Place

• Globalization

• Domestic

Which are examples of what geographers study? Choose All that apply.

• The activities of people in a place

• The physical and human features of an area

• How places are related to one another

• The soil and plant life of an area

Which is NOT an example of how a place can give a person an identity?

• Person's accent

• Geographic Stereotype

• Provide activities/hobbies in area

• They visited there once