AP Human Unit 1 Vocab

Geospatial data

any information that is tied to a specific location on Earth's surface

Global Scale

The ENTIRE WORLD

Local scale

Cities, towns,etc

Sense of Place

Factors that contribute to the uniqueness of a location (ex, Disney World)

Site

Environmental features of a place like trees, soil, elevation,etc

Situation

the location of a place relative to other places, its regional connectivity, and its accessibility

National Scale

Countries

Regional Analysis

Any thing grouped together like the continents being grouped- ex, Asia, Africa, North America, South America,etc.

Regional scale

Regions, areas like EU, sub suharan Africa

Time-space compression

The increasing sense of accessibility and connectivity which seems to bring humans in distance places closer together.

Scale of Analysis

Zooming in/zooming out to tell a story

Scale (small/large)

Small scale: show LARGE area with SMALL amount of data zoomed OUT

Large scale: show SMALL area with LARGE amounts of data zoomed IN

Cultural landscape (Built environment)

Physical artifacts that humans created which make up the landscape. HUMAN produced

Vernacular region

Same as perceptual- based on one’s perception or perspective