APHG Unit 1 Test Review

The clustering or dispersal of something within a given unit of area is

• concentration

• density

• pattern

• location

the effects of distance on interactions, generally the greater the distance the less interaction

• space-time compression
• distance decay
• expansion diffusion
• relocation diffusion

An area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features

• Region

• Place

• Situation

• Node

The arrangement of something across Earth’s surface

• Pattern

• Dispersing

• Distribution

• Clustering

The location of a place relative to another place

• Site

• Situation/Relative Location

• Nodal Location

• Absolute Location

A system that determines the precise position of something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations and receivers.

• remote sensing

• GIS

• GPS

• photogrammetry

The notion that the physical environment causes social development – the environment limits human activity

• environmental determinism

• possibilism

• cultural landscape

• sustainability

The Dutch use of polders to drain and use land THAT IS BELOW SEA LEVEL is a good example of

• environmental determinism

• possibilism

Spatial coordinates of latitude and longitude express

• relative location

• absolute location

• relative direction

• absolute direction

• relative distance

A method for representing the three dimensional surface of the earth on the two-dimensional surface of a map is known as

• scale

• globalization

• proximity

• ethnography

• projection