Regions are to geographers as time periods are to historians.
Regions help us organize and better understand geographic information. An area can be part of many regions. Knowing how to analyze regional data by exploring it in layers can help us see the complexity of regional characteristics and relationships. Students will form conclusions about the kinds of human development regions that could emerge from their physical regions. At the completion of this lesson, students should understand how multiple criteria can be used to define a region, the ways in which physical and human regional systems are interrelated, and how to use regions to analyze geographic issues.