WORLD REGIONS
Defining Regions
1. What two criteria make an area a “region”?
2. Use the map below to mark the major macrocultural ( _____________________________) regions
of the world.
Region
Anglo-America
Latin America
Europe
North Africa and the
Middle East
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Asia
East Asia
Southeast Asia and
Oceania
Countries
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3. Use the map below to shade the major U.S. Regions.
Region
Midwest
Southwest
Rocky Mountain
South
Northeast
Pacific Coast
New England
Great Plains
Great Lakes
States
IN CONCLUSION:
4. How are regions defined?
5. Why isn’t there one universally accepted list of regions?
6. What is “best practice” in defining regions?
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