Map Notes part 6

• geographers identify three types of regions
• formal region(uniform region or homogeneous region) area in which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics
• functional region(nodal region) an area organized around a node or focal point
• vernacular region(perceptual region) an area that people believe exists as a part of their cultural identify
• characteristics may be predominant but not universal
• regions of culture
• culture is to a body of customary beliefs, material traits, and social forms that together constitute and distinct tradition of a group of people
• origin of the word, culture, Latin cultus
• geographers study both definitions of culture, culture is what people care about and take care of
• the scale is the relationship between the portion of the earth being studied and earth as a whole
• globalization is a force or process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope