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Chapter 3 Lesson 1 Understanding Regions Page 70-77 Region – an area with at least one feature that makes it different from other areas 5 Regions: Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Middle West, West Regions differ, but they still depend on one another. Example: coastal, rural, desert, mining, etc Interdependence – people and places depending on one another from resources, products, and services 4 types of regions: *political region *physical region *economic region *cultural region Political region *A place where people share a government *Every state, city, and town is a political region *Political regions help people live and govern in an organized way Boundary – borders Physical region *based on natural features (landforms, oceans, rivers, climate, and kind of wild life) natural vegetation *Natural vegetation – the plant life that grows in an area *no exact borders in physical region Economic Region *based on the way people in an area use resources to meet their needs *Examples: oil producing region, farming region, ranching region Chapter 3 Lesson 1 Page 2 Cultural Region *an area in which people share a certain way of life *Examples: religion, language, ethnic groups Ethnic group – made up of people from the same country or people with a shared way of life Dividing places into political, physical, economic, and cultural regions makes it easier to understand the world Modify – change People modify their environment to meet their needs by: *clearing forests *plowing land to farm *dam up rivers *make new lakes *dig mines *dig wells Technology – the way people use knowledge and tools to make or do something Communications – the way people send and receive information All forms of communication connect regions by allowing people to see and hear what is happening in different regions