AP Human Geography / Unit 1: Thinking Geographically
1.7 Regional Analysis
Notes
- Formal regions: share a trait (language, climate).
- Functional (nodal) regions: organized around a node (a city's commuter area, a newspaper's delivery zone).
- Perceptual (vernacular) regions: based on people's feelings ("the South").
Practice
A pizza place's delivery area is a:
Centered on a node.
"The Midwest" as people imagine it is a:
Based on perceptions.
A region where most people speak Spanish is a:
Shared characteristic.
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