Geographical+Regions

=Geographical Regions Assignment=

The TEKS objective for this assignment is as follows:
WG.9A The student understands the concept of region as an area of Earth's surface with related geographical characteristics. The student is expected to:

A. Identify physical and/or human factors such as climate, vegetation, language, trade networks, political units, river systems, and religion that constitue a region; and

B. Describe different types of regions, including formal, functional, and perceptual regions.

Task #1
Describe the different types of regions (formal, functional, and perceptual) and explain how they are different. Each student should contribute at least once to this part of the wiki.

Formal-fromal regions are used to outline certain governments and areas (i.e. the United States of America) Functional-functional regions are used to provide some sort of function (i.e. the Subway of New York City that provides transportation around the city) Perceptual-perceptual regions are the hardest to explain.They are created from peoples perception so it varies between people.This isn't considered a formal region because it's based upon others perception (i.e. people from the United States being called Americans even though they aren't the only country in the Americas)-**Michael Hendrickson** a formal region is split into sections. fuctional is like a subway map-chastity flores

-Formal regions have exact boundaries, such as a city, state, country, or continent.

Functional regions are areas defined by a company or product. If it is discontinued, so is the region. Perceptual regions are defined by the locals. They are not official. **By Javier Ramos**.
Areas in which certain characteristics are found throughout the area.frannylopez1

Task #2
Each student needs to submit **two graphic examples** of regions on Earth, along with an explanation of what type of region it is and how this map can be useful to us.

The state of Texas is an example of a Formal Region, because is divided in to enviormental sections.-Gloria C. -Gloria earths region-lopez1

our country is a formal region because it is divided into sections-chastity flores e the region of earth -the Wisconsin counties are a good example of formal boundaries because the counties are clearly defined-Michael Hendrickson An example of a Functional region would be the New York Subway station, because it provides a sort of function such as transportation.-Gloria C.

-chastity flores -lopez1 the earth regions

- This image shows the world divided by different colors which each of them shows it's religion, so this is an example of a formal religion map.

maps.unomaha.ed
 * By Javier Ramos**

umbrella of the worlds regionn-lopez1

-This picture is a good example of a functional map because the airways provide us a larger amount of transportation globally-Michael Hendrickson