Geography 2010A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cultural Area
18 Apr 2018
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Living and working in a common space inevitably leads to the formation of a regional identity: this is the product of a region"s physical geography, historical events, and economic situation. People place their imprint on landscapes just as landscapes influence their lives and activities. We will examine regional differences throughout this course as we study each of canada"s regions. Regionalism: the division of a large are into different parts. Some countries are more prone to regionalism than others (small ones are not prone) Canada is very prone to regionalism (the us is also good, along with china, australia, india, Vast geographic size and varied physical geography. Different cultures and languages (quebec: new brunswick is bilingual. Definition: a distinctive area of earth"s surface. It has distinguishing human or natural characteristics that set it apart from other areas. The boundaries of regions are related to faultlines. Instead, they are differences between two different areas whether it be geographical, cultural, etc.
