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35 Cards in this Set
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What are some examples of physical features that make up a region?
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landforms like mountains, hills, and plains climate natural resources like trees, oil, copper wildlife natural vegetation |
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There can be economic regions which are based on _______.
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businesses that make a product or provide a service. This means that these regions are based on how people earn a living. |
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What are three industries of how people make a living?
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agriculture, manufacturing, and service
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What is agriculture and some specific examples? |
based on agriculture which is farming--growing different crops like corn, wheat, watermelon, strawberries and raising different animals like cows, sheep, chickens, pigs
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What is manufacturing and some specific examples? |
manufacturing involves factory workers making products such as cars, computers, bikes, toys, furniture, and sewing clothes
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What is the service industry and some specific examples? |
service which involves people doing something for others such as repairing things, delivering mail, taking care of people, serving food, cutting hair/grass, cleaning houses |
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Why is interdependence important?
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people depend on one another for resources and products because no one region has everything |
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What is a cultural region based on?
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ethnic groups, customs, religious beliefs, food, language, and holidays
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Why do we have different customs in the United States?
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people from all around the world came to the United States and brought their customs with them
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Does everyone in the United States share the same customs, language, and food? If not, what does everyone in the United States share?
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no, they or their ancestors came from different parts of the world; however, everyone shares the same government |
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What are some common customs throughout the United States?
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shaking hands celebrating New Years, Easter, 4th of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas |
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Can regions change because of cultural? If so, why?
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yes people move and bring their customs/traditions to share |
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Can regions change because of physical things? If so, what are some examples?
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yes land--people can tear things down, clear land, and build things on the land water--bridges and dams nature can wear things down and build up the land |
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What are the two things that help regions grow and connect? How?
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transportation and communication transportation for people to visit and vacation as well as bring products all over using trucks, buses, trains, boats, and airplanes communication to inform people as in telephone, cell phone, fax machines, computer, email, TV |
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buying or selling of goods
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trade
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business in which workers are paid to do things for other people
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service industry
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farming
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agriculture
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a group made up of people from the same country, people of the same race, or people with a common way of life
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ethnic group
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the way of life of a group of people
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culture
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a usual way of doing things
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custom
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the way people use resources to meet their needs
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economy
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business that makes products/goods from raw materials by hand or by machinery
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manufacturing industry
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depending on one another for resources and products
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interdependence
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What are some different ways a region can be divided? |
Divided by --where people live (urban, suburban, rural) --political region (regions within states and the country) --physical regions --economic regions --cultural regions |
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plants that grow naturally in an area
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natural vegetation
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how most of the land in a place is used
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land use
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the way people use new ideas to make tools and machines
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technology
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How can physical features change?
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by nature - wind and water wearing down mountains, flooding, erosion, building up the land by people - building cities and highways, drilling, mining, building dams, cutting down trees |
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How can cultural regions change?
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when groups of people move from place to place they also bring their customs, religious beliefs, language, foods, and history with them |
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How can economic regions change?
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-an agricultural region may change to a manufacturing region when factories are being built close by -when a new resource is found and it brings in money -adding attractions will increase tourism which is a part of economy -when types of jobs or industries change |
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What two things help connect regions?
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transportation and communication (trade and technology)
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What do people depend on from different regions? How do they know and get it? |
resources, products, and information know through communication and get it by transportation |
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What is one difference between a political region and a physical region?
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political regions have exact boundaries and physical regions do not
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What are examples of transportation?
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car, train, bus, subway, airplane, ship, 18 wheeler, and cargo ship |
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What are some examples of communication?
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telephone, cell phone, fax machine, television, computer-email and Internet
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