We live in a global village and global economy. People interact with each other through movement. Humans occupy places unevenly on Earth because of the environment but also because we are social beings. A region is the basic unit of study in geography. A region is an area that displays a coherent unity in terms of the government, language, or possibly the landform or situation.
Regions are human constructs that can be mapped and analyzed.
There are three basic types of regions. If the function ceases to exists, the region no longer exists. Five Themes of Geography National Standards Technology and Geography Created by Lisa Keys Mathews .