AP Human Geography: Geography Elaborations

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 suc ...

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 point market 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