Lesson 99 Formal Regions What You Will Learn ave you ever walked or driven through a part of a town where Hmost of the people were from Italy, or Greece, or some other To give examples of formal country? Perhaps you have been on a trip that took you through regions mile after mile of desert. Or perhaps you have been to a place where wheat or corn grew in all directions as far as you could see. Reading Strategy If you have been to any such place, you know what a formal region is. A formal region is an area that has one feature that sets it apart. Create a diagram like the one below. A formal region can be based on almost any feature. For exam- In the outer ovals, write examples ple, the Cotton Belt is a part of the United States where cotton is of formal regions. the main crop. The Sun Belt is the part of the United States where temperatures are warm most of the year. Miami’s “Little Havana” is where many people of Cuban descent live. Formal Using Your Skills Regions Practicing Map Skills Use Map 2-9 and Map 2-10 to answer these questions. 1. What formal region is shown on Map 2-9? Terms to Know the Corn Belt formal region 2. What would you expect to see growing on most farms in Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana? corn 3. What formal region is shown on Map 2-10? the Wheat Belt 4. What would you expect to see growing on most farms in Kansas and North Dakota? wheat 5. About how many miles does the Corn Belt stretch from east to west? 850 miles 6. What is the southernmost state in the Wheat Belt? Texas 7. How far west does the Wheat Belt extend? to Washington state 8. Which states are included in both the Corn Belt and the Wheat Belt? South Dakota, Nebraska, and Missouri LESSON 9 Formal Regions 87 Map 2-9 The Corn Belt 0 250 500 miles 0 250 500 kilometers CANADA WASHINGTON N.H. MAINE MONTANA ke Superior NORTH DAKOTA La L VT. a k MASS. OREGON MINN. n e a H ntario g u e O i r ak h o L n c n IDAHO SOUTH DAKOTA WIS. i NEW YORK M RHODE e MICH. rie k k E ISLAND WYOMING a a ke L L La PENN. CONNECTICUT NEBRASKA IOWA OHIO MD. NEVADA IND. NEW JERSEY ILLINOIS UTAH W.VA. DELAWARE CALIFORNIA COLORADO VIRGINIA KANSAS MISSOURI KENTUCKY ATLANTIC N.C. TENNESSEE OCEAN PACIFIC ARIZONA OKLAHOMA S.C. N OCEAN NEW MEXICO ARK. MISS. GEORGIA W E ALABAMA TEXAS S MEXICO LOUISIANA FLORIDA ALASKA HAWAII GULF OF MEXICO 0 300 mi. 0 100 mi. 0 300 km 0 100 km Corn Map 2-10 The Wheat Belt 0 250 500 miles 0 250 500 kilometers CANADA WASHINGTON N.H. MAINE MONTANA ke Superior NORTH DAKOTA La L VT. a k MASS. OREGON MINN. n e a H ntario g u e O i r ak h o L n c n IDAHO SOUTH DAKOTA WIS. i NEW YORK M RHODE e MICH. rie k k E ISLAND WYOMING a a ke L L La PENN. CONNECTICUT NEBRASKA IOWA OHIO MD. NEVADA IND. NEW JERSEY ILLINOIS UTAH W.VA. DELAWARE CALIFORNIA COLORADO VIRGINIA KANSAS MISSOURI KENTUCKY ATLANTIC N.C. TENNESSEE OCEAN PACIFIC ARIZONA OKLAHOMA S.C. N OCEAN NEW MEXICO ARK. MISS. GEORGIA W E ALABAMA TEXAS S MEXICO LOUISIANA FLORIDA ALASKA HAWAII GULF OF MEXICO 0 300 mi. 0 100 mi. 0 300 km 0 100 km Wheat 88 LESSON 9 Formal Regions Practicing Map Skills Some countries depend on one product for most of the money they earn from exports. These countries can be grouped into formal regions accord- ing to the product upon which they depend. Below is a list of such coun- tries in Africa. Choose a color or shading to represent each product. Then color or shade each country on Map 2-11: One-Product Countries. Com- plete the legend to identify the formal regions. Oil Diamonds Coffee Iron Ore Algeria Libya Botswana Burundi Liberia Angola Nigeria Guinea Rwanda Mauritania Congo Tunisia South Africa Uganda Morocco Gabon Egypt Democratic Republic of the Congo Map 2-11 One-Product Countries Morocco Algeria Libya Egypt Mauritania Guinea Sierra Leone Liberia Gabon DemocraticDemocratic Republic Uganda ofRepublic the Congo of the Congo Rwanda Congo Burundi Angola Legend Countries in which oil is the main product Countries in which diamonds are the main product Botswana Countries in which coffee is the main product South Countries in which iron ore is the main product Africa Legend should be completed to show color used on map for each region. LESSON 9 Formal Regions 89.