AP Human Geography: Geography Elaborations space OCRgeometric surface of the Earth. Rated A

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AP Human Geography: Geography Elaborations space >>geometric surface of the Earth place >>an area of bounded space of some human importance region >>a type of place toponym >>a place name sequent... occupancy >>the succession of groups and cultural influences throughout a place's history place-specific culture >>ex. Sante Fe, Mexico, a complex mix of multiple Native American, Spanish colonial, and modern American influences based upon the sequence of past and current societal influences scale >>relationship of an object or place to the earth as a whole map scale >>describes the ratio of distance on a map and distance in the real world in absolute terms relative scale >>(AKA the scale of analysis) which describes the level of aggregation level of aggregation >>the level at which you group things together for examination formal region >>an area of bounded space that possesses some homogenous characteristic or uniformity linguistic region >>everyone speaks the same language, but can be very different culturally culture region boundaries >>The American "Dixie" south, fuzzy borders political region boundaries >>Boundary between countries, finite and well-defined Environmental region boundaries >>transitional and measurable Ecotone >>the environmental transition zone between two biomes functional region >>areas that have a central place (or node) that is a focus or point of origin that expresses some practical purpose, the influence of this point is strongest in the areas close to the center, and the strength of influence diminishes as distance increases from that pointmarket area >>a type of functional region, home pro sport team example, more coverage and media in the city, diminishes as you move away area of influence >>outlet malls, shoppers travelling from longer distances but making a fewer number of trips intervening opportunity >>the shoppers who are "just passing through", who see a very brief intervening opportunity to do some discount shopping vernacular region >>based upon the perception or collective mental map of the region's residents absolute location >>defines a point or place on the map using coordinates such as latitude and longitude relative location >>refers to the location of a place compared to a known place or geographic feature, McLean and DC Equator >>0 latitude North and South Poles >>90 degrees latitude Prime Meridian >>0 degrees longitude International Date Line (sort of) >>180 degrees longitude site >>the physical characteristics of a place, such as the fact that NYC is located on a large, deep water harbor, next to the Atlantic ocean situation >>refers to the place's interrelatedness with other places, NYC and New England, port-of-call for Atlantic Circular Trade absolute distance >>in terms of linear units relative distance >>in terms of the degree of interaction between places or in units of time traveled distance decay >>means that the further away different places are from a place of origin, the less likely interaction will be with the original place Tobler's Law >>a principle that expresses relative distance, states that all places are interrelated, but closer places are more related than further ones friction of distance >>the increase in time and cost that usually comes with increasing distancespace-time compression >>decresed time and relative distance between places modes of transportation >>airplanes, reduce travel time between two distant points, and as a result increase interaction central places >>any node of human activity Central Place Theory >>developed in the 1930s by the German geographer Walter Christaller, saw the economic world as an abstract spatial model, in which city location and the level of urban economic exchange could be analyzed using central places within hexagonal market areas, which overlapped each other at different scales core and periphery >>Mormon culture in Salt Lake Cit [Show More]

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