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Time Zones and Regions
What are they?
A diverse world
The world is full of different things:
cultures, landforms, cities, landscapes,
climates, traditions etc
 Geographers use different tools to
categorize these different aspects
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One way: time zones
The world is divided into 24 time zones.
 Each one is worth one hour change.
 The international dateline is where the
day of the week changes.
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The World Time Zones
Canada Time Zones
Canada uses six primary time zones.
From east to west they are
Newfoundland Time Zone, Atlantic Time
Zone, Eastern Time, Central Time Zone,
Mountain Time Zone, and the Pacific Time
Zone.
 Each one is worth one hour except for
Newfoundland which is worth 30 minutes
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Another way is though regions
Regions are areas or segments of the
earth’s surface defined by a particular
characteristic or set of characteristics.
 For example, a region can be defined
based on climate or physical background
(such as deserts)
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Let’s look at small scale regions
first…
Suppose the buildings in different parts of
a town were built at different periods of
history. The buildings in each part of town
may have been built in different styles and
with different building materials. If you put
all of those styles on a map there would
be different patterns emerging.
 -micro regions or mini regions are we call
the town’s neighbourhood
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Ottawa’s micro regions
Physical and Human Characteristics
Global Connections
(Physical)
• Latitude
• longitude
Physical environment
(Physical)
Demographics (Human)
• Size of population
• Distribution
• Density
• Movement (migration)
• Climate
• Soil
• Vegetation
• Landforms
• wildlife
Regions
Culture (Human)
Political Identity
(Human)
• Language
• Ethnicity
• Religion
• Social customs
• History
• Art, architecture, sports etc
• Boundaries
• Beliefs
• International relations
Economy (Human)
• Industries/services
• Resources
• Levels of income
Global Connections (Physical)
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Latitude
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longitude
 Physical environment (Physical)
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Climate
Soil
Vegetation
Landforms
wildlife
Culture (Human)
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Language
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Ethnicity
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Religion
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Social customs
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History
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Art, architecture, sports etc
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Economy (Human)
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Industries/services
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Resources
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Levels of income
 Political Identity (Human)
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◦ Boundaries
◦ Beliefs
◦ International relations
Demographics (Human)
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Size of population
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Distribution
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Density
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Movement (migration)
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Large Scale Regions
Macro-regions: large scale region
 Example: Canada’s 15 terrestrial ecozones
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◦ Looks at a mixture of human and physical
characteristics
Describing Regions
Small scale vs large scale
 Homogenous Region vs Functional Region
 Homogenous Region: a common
characteristic or set of characteristics
throughout its whole area (eg Africa:
Climate: hot dry in dessert)
 Functional Region: an area defined by a
specific function or activity (eg an area
where newspapers get delivered)
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Comparing Regions
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Comparing regions can be helpful when
deciding on where to travel
◦ Looks at travel destinations pros and cons
◦ Tourism issues in areas
We are going to look at world
regions….
Caribbean
 Australia
 South America
 Africa
 Europe
 Asia
 Canada and North America
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