AP Human Geography Ultimate Guide (copy)

Space is the geometric __ of the Earth.

surface

Objects on the Earth’s __ surface are defined by their location.

spatial

Activity space is referred to as the area wherein __ occurs on a daily basis.

activity

A place-name, or more technically a __, is assigned to a location when human importance is recognized.

toponym

Regions are a type of __.

place

Attributes of a place change over __.

time

The concept of __ occupancy is considered over a long term.

sequent

Scale is the relationship of an __ or place to the Earth as a whole.

object

Map scale describes the ratio of distance on a map to distance in the real world in __ terms.

absolute

Relative scale, or scale of analysis refers to the level of __.

aggregation

Regions are categorized into three groups: formal, functional, and __.

vernacular

Formal regions are areas of bounded space that possess some homogeneous __ or uniformity.

characteristic

Cultural regions tend to have __ borders.

fuzzy

Political regions boundaries are finite and __.

well-defined

Environmental region boundaries are transitional and __.

measurable

The environmental transition zone between two bioregions is known as an __.

ecotone

Functional regions, or nodal regions, are areas that have a central place, or __.

node

An intervening opportunity is an attraction at a __ distance.

shorter

Vernacular regions are based upon the perception or __ mental map of the region’s residents.

collective

Absolute location defines a point or place on the map using __ such as latitude and longitude.

coordinates

The Prime Meridian is __° longitude and runs through Great Britain.

0

The equator is __° latitude.

0

Relative location refers to the location of a place compared to a known __.

place

Site refers to the physical characteristics of a __.

place

Situation refers to the place’s __ with other places.

interrelatedness

Linear absolute distance is the distance between two places as measured in __ units.

linear

The concept of distance decay and Tobler’s Law explains relative __.

distance

Distance decay means that the farther away different places are from a place of origin, the __ likely interaction will be.

less

Tobler’s law states that all places are __, but closer places are more related than farther ones.

interrelated

Friction of distance is the length of distance that becomes a factor that inhibits interaction between __ points.

two

Space-Time Compression is decreased time and relative __ between places.

distance

Human-Environmental Transportation is the effect that humans have on their __, and vice versa.

environment

Central Places are any node of __ activity and are often the centers of economic exchange.

human