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| Functional Region (Parish) |
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| Common function, such as the area covered by a telephone service. |
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| Area defined by actual political boundaries, such as a city, county, or state. |
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| Vernacular Region (Parish) |
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| Less formally defined areas that are formed by people's perception (e.g., "the Middle East" or "the South"). |
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| Louisiana is divided into parishes. What type of region do the parishes represent? |
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| Formal region, one of the thre main types of regions (Formal, Functional, Vernacular). |
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| Which continent is only one country? |
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| Australia - Of the seven continents, Australia is the only on that contains just one country. I is also the only island continent. |
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| What are the three main types of regions? |
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| Formal, Functional, Vernacular |
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| Which is the southernmost continent? |
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| Antarctica. It surrounds the South Pole. |
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| Name all seven continents. |
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| Antarctica, Austrialia, Africa, South America, North America, Europe, Asia. |
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| What country is made up of two large islands? |
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| The Artic is a region that includes parts of several continents, but is not in and of itself a continent. Much of the artic is ice-covered ocean. |
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| Anthropology is the (profession) scientific study of human culture and humanity. It made the Leakey family famous and is related to geography. Margaret Mead's study of the Samoans is one part of anthropology. |
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