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Social Studies
5 REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES
11 cards·by wilcoxa@bangorschool
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REGION
AN AREA WITH THE SAME KINDS OF FEATURES
PHYSICAL FEATURE
LANDFORMS AND WATER
HUMAN FEATURE
THINGS MADE BY PEOPLE, SUCH AS ROADS, TOWNS, AND BRIDGES
CLIMATE
THE TYPE OF WEATHER AN AREA HAS OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME
VEGETATION
TYPES OF PLANTS IN A REGION
NATURAL RESOURCES
THINGS FROM NATURE THAT PEOPLE USE TO MAKE OTHER THINGS
CULTURE
THE WAY OF LIFE OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING THEIR LANGUAGE, FOOD, MUSIC, SPORTS, AND
CUSTOMS
LANDMARKS
IMPORTANT PLACES OR OBJECTS IN A REGION
What is the reason for regions?
Geographers divide the United States into regions to make it easier to study.
What makes a region?
The places in a region have similar features, such as physical features, human/natural
features, climate, vegetation, landmarks, culture
Making regions
not always easy to decide, some states can fit into more than one region that is close by. most
geographers divide U.S into 5 regions