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APHG: Chapter 1
Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| - geometric surface of the earth | Space |
| - fourth theme of geography, meaning uniqueness of a location | Place |
| - state of mind derived through the infusion of a place with meaning and emotion by remembering important events that occurred in that place or by labeling a place with a certain character | Sense Of Place |
| a place name | Toponym |
| - third theme of geography; an area on the Earth's surface marked by a degree of formal, functional, or perceptual homogeneity of some phenomenon | Regions |
| - the succession of groups and cultural influences throughout a place's history | Sequent Occupancy |
| - relationship of an object or place to the earth as a whole | Scale |
| - ratio of distance on a map and distance in the real world in absolute terms | Map Scale |
| - an area of bounded space that posses some homogeneous characteristic or uniformity | Formal Regions |
| - nodal regions; areas that have a central place or node that is the focus or point of origin that expresses some practical purpose | Functional Regions |
| - based upon the perception or collective mental map of the region's residents | Vernacular Regions |
| - defines a point or place on the map using coordinates such as latitude and longitude | Absolute Location |
| - place compared to a known place or geographic feature | Relative Location |
| - used to determine location of things by measurement of the angular distance in degrees, east or west, from the Prime Meridian | Longitude |
| - used to measure distance in degrees north or south from the equator | Latitude |
| - a place's relationship to other known geographic features or places | Relative Location |
| - physical characteristics of a place | Site |
| - a place's interrelatedness with other places | Situation |
| - states that all places are interrelated, but closer places are more related than further ones | Tobler's Law |
| - decreased time and relative distance between places | Space-Time Compression |
| - core of the urban landscape; a country's capital is the core of its political landscape | CBD (central business district) |
| - grouped together on the Earth's surface | Cluster |
| - clustering that occurs purposefully around a central point or an economic growth pole | Agglomeration |
| - natural land scape features to divide land on this survey pattern system | Metes & Bounds |
| - a rectilinear survey system based upon lines of latitude and longitude; block-shaped property lines | Township & Range |
| -survey patterns with a narrow frontage along a road or waterway with a very long shape behind | Long-Lots |
| - number of things per square unit of distance | Arithmetic Density |
| - number of people per square unit of land actively under cultivation | Agricultural Density |
| - number of people per square unit of arable land | Physiologic Density |
| - to spread across the Earth's surface | Diffuse |
| - point of origin or place of innovation | Hearth |
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