Unit 1 AP Hug Vocab

A way of analyzing the world that emphasizes the location and distribution of phenomena.

• spatial perspective
• spatial patterns
• geospatial data
• spatial approach

the acquisition of data about earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet.

• remote sensing
• gps
• gis
• absolute location

A computer system that captures, stores, queries, and displays geographic data.

• GPS
• Remote sensing
• GIS
• large/local scale

A method of gathering data by asking people questions.

• patterns
• Survey
• direction
• projection

Description of the position of a place in a way that never changes.

• spatial patterns
• cultural landscape
• Absolute Location
• relative location

The position of a place or entity based on its location with respect to other locations.

• Relative Location
• cultural landscape
• distance
• direction

The physical character of a place.

• situation
• Site
• mental map
• formal region

The visible imprint of human activity in the physical environment.

• Cultural Landscape
• small/global scale
• mental map
• site

An area in which most people share in one or more distinctive characteristics.

• Formal Region
• functional region
• large/local scale
• elevation

An area organized around a node or focal point.

• large/local scale
• formal region
• small/gobal scale
• Functional Region