Regions
Regions are large areas of land that have certain unifying characteristics. Understanding regions make it much easier to understand current world events. For instance, the "Middle-East" is a region that is often mentioned in the news, and without some underlying knowlage about regions, you might be a little confused by the news.
Human-Defined Regions
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This is a political map of Europe, and is an example of Human-Defined Regions. The only diffrence between the regions on this maps are the govenments which rule over them. As such, these regions are said to be human-defined.
Natural Regions
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This is a map showing the various continents of the world. This is example of natural regions, as the seperations between the areas are not man-made.