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Lesson 9 Formal Regions What You Will Learn To give examples of formal regions Reading Strategy Create a diagram like the one below. In the outer ovals, write examples of formal regions. H ave you ever walked or driven through a part of a town where most of the people were from Italy, or Greece, or some other country? Perhaps you have been on a trip that took you through mile after mile of desert. Or perhaps you have been to a place where wheat or corn grew in all directions as far as you could see. If you have been to any such place, you know what a formal region is. A formal region is an area that has one feature that sets it apart. A formal region can be based on almost any feature. For example, the Cotton Belt is a part of the United States where cotton is the main crop. The Sun Belt is the part of the United States where temperatures are warm most of the year. Miami’s “Little Havana” is where many people of Cuban descent live. Using Your Skills Formal Regions Practicing Map Skills Use Map 2-9 and Map 2-10 to answer these questions. 1. What formal region is shown on Map 2-9? Terms to Know the Corn Belt formal region 2. What would you expect to see growing on most farms corn in Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana? 3. What formal region is shown on Map 2-10? the Wheat Belt 4. What would you expect to see growing on most farms wheat in Kansas and North Dakota? 5. About how many miles does the Corn Belt stretch from 850 miles east to west? 6. What is the southernmost state in the Wheat Belt? Texas 7. How far west does the Wheat Belt extend? to Washington state 8. Which states are included in both the Corn Belt and the Wheat Belt? South Dakota, Nebraska, and Missouri LESSON 9 Formal Regions 87 The Corn Belt Map 2-9 0 0 250 250 500 miles 500 kilometers CANADA WASHINGTON N.H. MAINE Superior Lake NORTH DAKOTA IDAHO WIS. SOUTH DAKOTA WYOMING NEVADA CA LIF MICH. ILLINOIS IND. NEW YORK E ke La OR rie PENN. MD. OHIO NEW JERSEY DELAWARE VIRGINIA MISSOURI ATLANTIC OCEAN KENTUCKY NIA N.C. TENNESSEE PACIFIC OCEAN ARIZONA OKLAHOMA NEW MEXICO RHODE ISLAND CONNECTICUT W.VA. COLORADO KANSAS MASS. e Ontario Lak IOWA NEBRASKA UTAH VT. on Hur ke La MINN. OREGON Lake Michiga n MONTANA N S.C. ARK. GEORGIA MISS. W E ALABAMA TEXAS MEXICO ALASKA 0 0 300 mi. mi. 300 0 100 mi. Corn 0 100 km The Wheat Belt Map 2-10 0 0 250 250 500 miles 500 kilometers CANADA WASHINGTON N.H. MAINE Superior Lake NORTH DAKOTA IDAHO WIS. SOUTH DAKOTA WYOMING NEBRASKA LIF MICH. ILLINOIS IND. KANSAS OR NEW YORK e E ri ke La PENN. MISSOURI MD. OHIO W.VA. COLORADO DELAWARE VIRGINIA ATLANTIC OCEAN N.C. TENNESSEE PACIFIC OCEAN ARIZONA NEW MEXICO OKLAHOMA RHODE ISLAND CONNECTICUT NEW JERSEY KENTUCKY NIA MASS. e Ontario Lak IOWA NEVADA UTAH VT. on Hur ke La MINN. OREGON Lake Michiga n MONTANA CA S GULF OF MEXICO HAWAII 0 300 km FLORIDA LOUISIANA N S.C. ARK. GEORGIA MISS. W E ALABAMA MEXICO ALASKA 0 0 300 mi. mi. 300 0 300 km 88 HAWAII 0 100 mi. 0 100 km LESSON 9 Formal Regions TEXAS LOUISIANA GULF OF MEXICO Wheat FLORIDA S Practicing Map Skills Some countries depend on one product for most of the money they earn from exports. These countries can be grouped into formal regions according to the product upon which they depend. Below is a list of such countries in Africa. Choose a color or shading to represent each product. Then color or shade each country on Map 2-11: One-Product Countries. Complete the legend to identify the formal regions. Oil Algeria Angola Congo Gabon Diamonds Botswana Guinea South Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo Libya Nigeria Tunisia Egypt Coffee Burundi Rwanda Uganda Iron Ore Liberia Mauritania Morocco One-Product Countries Map 2-11 Morocco Algeria Libya Egypt Mauritania Guinea Sierra Leone Liberia Gabon Congo Uganda Democratic Democratic Republic ofRepublic the Congo of the Congo Rwanda Burundi Angola Legend Countries in which oil is the main product Countries in which diamonds are the main product Botswana Countries in which coffee is the main product Countries in which iron ore is the main product South Africa Legend should be completed to show color used on map for each region. LESSON 9 Formal Regions 89