APHUG 1.4

Vocabulary flashcards covering spatial patterns, land-survey systems, population densities, and diffusion concepts from the lecture notes.

Cluster

A grouping of objects or phenomena close together on Earth’s surface.

Agglomeration

Intentional clustering of activities or things around a central point or economic growth pole.

Random Pattern

A spatial distribution that shows no identifiable order or logic.

Scattered Distribution

Objects that are ordinarily ordered but appear widely dispersed over an area.

Linear Pattern

A spatial arrangement in a straight line.

Sinuous Pattern

A spatial arrangement that follows a wavy or curving line.

Land Survey Pattern

The layout method used to divide land that later influences property lines and political boundaries.

Metes and Bounds

Pre-1830s land survey method that used natural landscape features as boundaries.

Township and Range System

Rectilinear survey grid based on lines of latitude and longitude.

Long Lot Pattern

Lots with narrow frontage on a road or waterway extending far back in a long, thin shape.

Arithmetic Density

Number of items or people per square unit of total land area.

Physiological Density

Number of people per square unit of arable (farmable) land.

Agricultural Density

Number of farmers per square unit of arable land.

Diffusion Pattern

The manner in which human phenomena spread across Earth’s surface.

Hearth

The point of origin or place where an innovation first appears.