Unit 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, and 1.7 of AP Human Geography

What is a Sense of Place?

• A location without a sense of place with no special of distinct attributes

• Physical artifacts that humans created that make up parts of the landscape

• Factors that contribute to the uniqueness of a place

• A locations name that is reflective of the culture or history of the location

What is a Cultural Landscape?

• Factors that contribute to the uniqueness of a place

• A location without a sense of place with no special of distinct attributes

• A locations name that is reflective of the culture or history of the location

• Physical artifacts that humans created that make up parts of the landscape

What is Placelessness?

• Physical artifacts that humans created that make up parts of the landscape

• A location without a sense of place with no special of distinct attributes

• Factors that contribute to the uniqueness of a place

• A locations name that is reflective of the culture or history of the location

What is a Toponym?

• Physical artifacts that humans created that make up parts of the landscape

• A location without a sense of place with no special of distinct attributes

• A locations name that is reflective of the culture or history of the location

• Factors that contribute to the uniqueness of a place  

What is Site/Physical Landscape?

• The process geographers use to divide and categorize areas into smaller areas for analysis

• The interaction between two places decreases as the distance/barriers increase

• Environmental features of a location  

• Connections, contacts, and the flow of things between places, can be an even or uneven flow

What is Regionalization?

• The process geographers use to divide and categorize areas into smaller areas for analysis

• Connections, contacts, and the flow of things between places, can be an even or uneven flow

• The interaction between two places decreases as the distance/barriers increase 

• A locations name that is reflective of the culture or history of the location

What is Spatial Interaction?

• Connections, contacts, and the flow of things between places, can be an even or uneven flow

• The interaction between two places decreases as the distance/barriers increase

• Factors that contribute to the uniqueness of a place

• The study of how humans adapt to their environment

What is Distance Decay?

• The increasing accessibility and connectivity between two places, bringing those people closer together

• The study of how humans adapt to their environment 

• The interaction between two places decreases as the distance/barriers increase

• The process geographers use to divide and categorize areas into smaller areas for analysis 

What is Time-Space Compression?

• The study of how humans adapt to their environment

• The increasing accessibility and connectivity between two places, bringing those people closer together 

• The interaction between two places decreases as the distance/barriers increase

• The belief that landscape and climate was the most powerful force shaping human behavior, societal, and cultural development (Was used to try to justify racism)

What is Cultural Ecology?

• The study of how humans adapt to their environment

• An area with one or more unifying characteristics or patterns of activity 

• The increasing accessibility and connectivity between two places, bringing those people closer together 

• The process geographers use to divide and categorize areas into smaller areas for analysis