AP Human Geography-1
Spatial association
2 distributions of features often spatially correspond with each other
Graticule
A grid of lines laid over the globe
Administrative region
A region created by law, treaty, or regulation
Concentration
A statement of the extent to which features within a distribution are clustered together
Site
An absolute location concept, refers to the physical and cultural characteristics and attributes of the place itself
Prime meridian
An established origin line of longitude passing through Greenwich Observatory outside London
Thematic region
Based on one or more objectively measurable themes or properties
Fields
Continuously varying surfaces on the earth that we think of as completely covering the space of the landscape they occupy without overlapping other fields
Projection
Designates the method chosen to represent the Earth's curved surface as a flat map--- to develop the Earth's surface
Remote sensing
Detecting the nature of an object and the content of an area from a distance
Absolute direction
Direction based on global or macroscopic features such as the cardinal points of north, south, east, and west, or on the directions to prominent stars
Relative direction
Directions based culturally and locationally variable, despite the reference to Cardinal compass points
Object
Discrete entities that we think of as having sharp boundaries and being separated by space that may be conceived of as empty
Region
Earth areas that display significant elements of internal uniformity and external difference from surrounding territories
Geographic information system
Extends the use of digitized data and computer manipulation to investigate and display spatial information of all types
Spatial system
Functions as a unit because its component parts are interdependent
Reference map
General purpose maps
Accessibility
How easy or difficult it is to overcome the barrier of the time and space separating places
Space
Implies areal extent and may be understood in both an absolute and relative sense
Globalization
Implies the increasing interconnection of peoples and societies in all parts of the world as the full range of social, cultural, political, economic, and environmental processes becomes international in scale and effect
Geographic feature
Include natural features such as mountains, rivers, forests, oceans, and atmospheric fronts
Mental map
Internal models or representations of an area or an environment developed by an individual on the basis of information or impressions received, interpreted, and stored
Latitude
Lines on the globe running parallel
Longitude
Lines on the globe running vertical
Spatial interaction
Places interacting with other places
Situation
Refers to the external relations of a locale. It is an expression of relative location
Model
Representations of a reality in an idealised form to make certain aspects more clear
Spatial distribution
The arrangement of items on the Earth's surface
Cartography
The art and science of maps and map-making
Place
The attributes and values we individually associate with location
Regional concept
The concept of regions
Pattern
The geometric arrangement of feature in space
Parallel
The horizontal lines on a globe also known as latitude
Absolute location
The identification of place by some precise and accepted system of coordinates; it therefore is sometimes called mathematical location
Perceptual region
The informal subjective regions defined by people's beliefs
Absolute distance
The physical separation between two points on the Earth's surface measured by some accepted standard unit such as miles or kilometers for widely separated locales
Relative location
The position of a place in relation to that of other places or activities
Spatial diffusion
The process of dispersion of an idea or an item from a center of origin to more distant points with which it is directly or indirectly connected
Natural landscape
The setting within which human action occurs
Scale
The size of unit studied
Dispersion
The statement of the extent to which features within a distribution are spread out from each other
Meridian
The vertical lines on a globe also known as longitude
Cultural landscape
The visible expression of that human activity
Globe
Three-dimensional spherical model of the earth
Develop
To represent
Relative distance
Transforms those linear measurements into other units that could be more meaningful for the special relationship in question
Density
Usually thought of as a measure of the number or quantity of a specific feature within a defined unit of area
Place stereotype
What you think a place might be like without ever actually being there
Placelessness
Without a sense of place
Connectivity
a broader concept implying all the tangible and intangible ways in which places are linked
Functional region
regions that emerge from patterns of interaction over space and time that connect places
Thematic map
represent a graphic theme