Unit 1 Topic 4 Flashcards
What is absolute/relative location?
-The exact position of a place on the earth’s surface, often given in latitude and longitude.
-The position of a place relative to the places around it.
What is space?
A theoretical concept that geographers use to describe the geometric surface of the earth.
What is place?
A location that has meaning; the unique characteristic of a location
What is flow?
Describes the patterns of connections between two places.
What is distance decay?
The farther apart two things are, the less connected they will be.
What is time space compression?
Describes the decreased distance between two places measured by the time or cost it requires to travel between them.
What are patterns?
Making sense out of how phenomena are arranged on the landscape
What are the different types of patterns?
Random, clustered, dispersed, linear, circular, geometric
