This document provides information about geographic terms and features. It begins by asking the reader to identify the continent, country, state/province, county, and city they are from, with these making up different geographic boundaries from largest to smallest. It then defines regions as areas with definable but not fixed boundaries characterized by natural and cultural features. Famous regions mentioned include the Middle East, Central America, and city regions. The document concludes by listing some major global landforms like oceans, mountain ranges, rivers, seas, and deserts; and provides examples like the Pacific Ocean, Andes Mountains, Nile River, Mediterranean Sea, and Sahara Desert.

1. Unit 1, Part 2
Maps and Geographic Tools
Where Do You Live?
And
What’s on Earth?

2. 2
Where do
you live?

3. • Continent What continent are you from?

4. • Country
What country are you from?

5. • States What state are you from?
Canada/Spain/Argentina/South Africa – provinces
Guatemala/Columbia/Cameroon – departments
Japan/Greece – prefectures
Italy/France – regions
U.K. – counties
USA/Mexico/Brazil/Germany/Australia - states

6. • County
What county are you from?
(29 in Utah)

7. • Cities
What city are you from?

8. • On your skeletal notes, list these areas
from largest to smallest (city, continent,
coutry, state, county). These all have
formal borders.
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9. • A region is an area with definable
characteristics, but not always fixed
boundaries. In other words, an area with
similar, or common, characteristics.
Remember there are two types of
boundaries—formal and functional.
Formal boundaries would be “fixed”, but
functional boundaries aren’t necessarily
“fixed.”
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10. • A region can be defined by natural or
artificial features—mountains, rivers,
deserts, language, religion, government,
etc.
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11. • A famous geographer, Carl Saur, coined a
term called a “Cultural Landscape” that is
the natural area plus culture (or human
interaction). A cultural landscape is a
region.
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12. • Region What region are you from?

13. Some Characteristics of
Regions (aka-Natural
Landscapes)
• Climate
• Language
• Ethnicity
• Physical features/natural boundaries
• Religion
• Economics
Ex. The South: Hot & Humid,
Southern Drawl,
Christianity, Cotton Plantations,
Food, Hospitality
(functional)

14. • Major Regions
- The Middle East
Western
Hemisphere Eastern
Hemisphere
What makes this a region?

15. - Central America
Western
Hemisphere

16. What makes this a region?

17. • Region in a city (yes, it’s possible!)
East Bench (Wasatch Hollows) - SLC
Sugarhouse -
SLC

18. With a Partner
• What are regional characteristics of
Cottonwood Heights/Sandy? List these
elements.
• Name another region you are familiar
with and explain what factors make it a
region.
• Be Ready to Share!

19. What’s On Earth?

20. What are some major landforms on earth?

21. • Oceans
- Atlantic Text
- Pacific
- Indian
- Arctic
-Southern
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
What ocean is the largest?

23. • Major Mountain Ranges
- Andes (S. America)
- Himalayas (Asia)
- Rockies (N. America)
Andes Mts. – Cuernos Del Paine

24. Andes
HimalayasRockies

25. • Notable Mountain
- Mount Everest 29,029 ft. (tallest mountain in the world)
Mt. Everest,
Himalayas
Nepal/Tibet (China)

26. Andes
Himalayas

27. Mt. Everest

28. - Nile (Africa)
Nile River

29. Amazon
River

30. • Other notable water
features are SEAS:
- Caribbean Sea
- Mediterranean Sea
Caribbean Sea

33. • Major Desert
- Sahara
- Gobi
-Atacama
Mediterranean SeaAtlantic Ocean