APHUG Unit 1.1 Flashcards

APHUG Unit 1

Space

• Space is the geometric surface of the Earth.

• Objects on Earth's spatial surface are defined by their location and separated by some degree of distance from other things.

Activity Space

• The area wherein activity occurs on a daily basis.

Place

• An area of bounded space of some human importance.

• A place name, technically a toponym, is assigned to a location when human importance is recognized.

• Regions are a type of place.

• Other categories of places include urban places, places of work, resource locations, and transportation nodes.

• Attributes of a place change over time.

• Sequent occupancy is considered over the long term, meaning the succession of groups and cultural influences throughout a place's history.

• Several historical layers contribute to a place-specific culture, society, local politics, and economy.

Scale

• Scale refers to the relationship of an object or place to the earth as a whole.

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

• Relative scale, or scale of analysis, refers to the level of aggregation, or the level at which you group things together for examination.

• Scales can range from local to city and state, from regional to national to continental, or to the international and global scales.

Regions

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

Formal Regions

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

• A homogeneous characteristic can be a common language.

• Regional boundaries differ based on the type of region.