Chapter
1 Key Issue #3
Thinking about Region
pgs.16-22
1.
Types of Regions
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Using the following web site http://www2.una.edu/geography/statedepted/themes.html for the definition of region, identify
the following graphs.
The
above map is what type of region?___________________
The
map above represents what type of region?_____________________
The
map to the right represents what type of region?
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2.
Culture
Why
would a map such as the map below be important
to
the following:
*A
prospective home buyer_____
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*A
comapny with a new product
__________________________
___________________________
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*Using
the following web site http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2000/bushmap.htm
, answer the following:
*What
type of region does this map represent?___________________________________
*Where
was most of BushÕs winning states?______________________________________
*Why
do you believe Bush won in the
middle of the country, but lost the western and North Eastern portion of the
country?________________________________________________
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*If
you lost to Bush, how would would use this map to plan your next campaign?____________
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*Which
person would represent environmental determanism? A person living in Alaska or a person living in the Northern
Canadian province of Nunavut?__________________________________________
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Using
this article http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=00088E1F-D709-1D5B-90FB809EC5880000 , is this an article an example of
environmental determinism or possiblism?
Why?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________