MACROCULTURAL REGIONS

Dividing the world up for convenience

“BIG” cultural

UNITED NATIONS MACRO REGIONSAfricaAsiaEuropeLatin AmericaNorthern AmericaOceania

Source: www.un.org

AP WORLD HISTORY World Regions

MOST IMPORTANTLY!

There is NOT a single universally accepted list of regions. Everyone

defines them differently

THEREFORE… you need to understand what would make a place fit into one region or another and be FLEXIBLE in

your thinking about regions

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