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Physical region

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Identified by physical characteristics

Easy to tell where one region begins and ends

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Functional region

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Serves as a location for a service

Ex: Washington, D.C. Is the functional government region for the US

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Cultural region

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Shared human characteristics such as language, religion, tradition, and Economy
More unity than diversity
Does not have to have only one characteristic

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Physical processes

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Shape the patterns of earths surface

Internal and external forces

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Internal forces

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Plate tectonics : converging, diverging, transform

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External forces

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Chemical weathering, erosion,weather and pollution

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Earth and sun relationship

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Earth dependent on sun for energy
Photosynthesis
Evaporation process in water cycle
Earths inclination, rotation and revolution around the sun help to understand weather, climate and seasons

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Strength of incoming solar radiation

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Angle of rays and length of daylight

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Temperature determined by

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Angle of Suns rays and number of daylight hours

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Biomes

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Plant communities
Fine equilibrium with natural environment
Change in vegetation can cause change in atmospheric conditions

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Biodiversity of a region

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Reflection of interaction of the various components that make up a biome
-components: location, food chains, temperature, average precipitation, flora, fauna, human interactions and soil characteristics
Interconnected and interrelated

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Butterfly effect

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Small change in the environment in one place has profound changes in other places

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Climate

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Average weather for a given place
Climate controls that have direct effect are:
Latitude, mountain barriers, land and water distribution, cold and warm currents, temperature, precipitation, air pressure and wind speed

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Elevation and climate

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Distance above sea level

Elevation ⬆️ atmosphere less dense and thin air allows temp to drop through radiation loss

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Lapse rate

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One degree for every 300 feet

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Mountains and climate

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Barriers to wind and moisture
Winds go up mountains ➡️ lose ability to hold water
Precipitation falls on windward side ➡️ dry desert wind on the other side
Called orographic lift

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Temp of ocean and climate

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Cold ocean currents flowing from polar region toward equator regions = cooling effect
Warm ocean currents flowing from equator to polar regions= warming effect

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El Niño

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Result of the southern oscillation cause by differences in atmospheric air pressure
Dry weather in US and heavy rains in Australia

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Puritanism

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Call was a blessing from God and regulated their social status
Organized first colleges
Independence and self-reliance
Intolerant

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Prehistoric art

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Drawings on caves walls that depicted their everyday lives

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Egypt art

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Religious beliefs in half animal and half human stone works

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Greek art

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Critiqued government and oligarchs in drama and comedy productions
Sculptures were life like objects

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Rome art

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Made building with designs from Greece

Used arch to build large structures with unsupported domes

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Renaissance

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Rebirth of Classical Greek and Roman art changed the way art was views and influenced the next generation

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Impressionist

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Late 1800’s
Created a new form of expression in art
Vivid works of art using nature and light brush strokes
Claude Monet

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Modern art

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Depict real life situations
Picasso, Duchamp
Harlem Renaissance
Abstract art movement

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Modification to water

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Needed to secure food supply 
Built and maintained canals 
Had to learn how to understand the water patterns = invention of the calendar 
Drainage systems (dams and man made lakes)
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Modifications to land

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Development of villages, towns, and road to move products easier
High demand for land required space and a division of labor to provide for their needs
Cities and harbors developed out of necessity and cultures spread through trade

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Modifications for oil

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Drilling in deep waters for oil

Changes the nature of water
Ex: spill in Gulf of Mexico

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Locations of cities

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Based on site (physical setting) and situation (how it relates to factors)

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Region

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Areas on the earth that have similar characteristics

Study, interpret and understand complexity of worlds cultures

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