MEGAN MORALES

SOVIET UNION

• Russia became the first communist country.

CULTURAL REGION

• Is a region with people who share common cultural characteristics.
• Such characteristics include
• Language, foods
• Political system, customs
• Religion, and participation in trading network

FUNCTIONAL REGION

• In area with common function, often organized around
• A key focal point. People may perceive the characteristics of their
• Own and other cultures and regions differently.

PERCEPTUAL REGION

• I a region based on commonly held human attitudes and feelings
• About an area.

MIDDLE EAST

• Is warm, dry
• Many deserts and
• Mountain areas, fertile river valleys

SUEZ CANAL

• Connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Indian Ocean.

LATIN AMERICA

• Applied to all Americas south to the United States .

PANAMA CANAL

• Important human made feature in this region.

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

• Desert
• Slave trade
• Large number of ethnic groups
• Christianity and Islam local animist traditions.

OCEANIA

• Pacific oceans