AP Human Geography / Unit 1: Thinking Geographically
1.4 Spatial Concepts
Notes
- Absolute location (coordinates) vs relative location (in relation to other places).
- Site (physical features of a place) vs situation (its connections to other places).
- Distance decay: interaction declines with distance. Time-space compression: technology makes places feel closer.
- Patterns: clustered, dispersed, linear.
Practice
"Near the river and next to the highway" describes:
In relation to other places.
A city's harbor and hills are its:
Physical characteristics.
You visit a nearby store more often than a distant one. This is:
Interaction drops with distance.
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