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Soviet Union

• Russia became the worlds first communist country

cultural region

• the common characteristics of the people living there
• ex:in India they dance to celebrate

functional region

• is an are defined by one function that may cross political boundaries
• ex:rio grande river

perceptual region

• based on people's attitudes and emotions about a place,such as the
• Deep South,Dixie,or the big apple.
• ex:the Paris tower

Middle East

• a cultural region

suez canal

• connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Indian Ocean.

LATIN AMERICA

• applied to all of the Americas south of the United States

Panama Canal

• another important human made feature in this region.

sub-Saharan Africa

• warm climate people are divided into a large numer

oceanic

• geographers refer to these pacific island

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