Day 10 - AP Human Geography
SEPTEMBER 22, 2014
Agenda
Turn in Homework
Map Quiz
Drill
Land Ordinance of 1785
Types of Regions
Site vs. Situation
Drill
 Explain each of the following:
GPS
 GIS
 Remote Sensing
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Drill
 Explain each of the following:
Formal Region
 Functional Region
 Vernacular Region
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Homework
 Study for Types of Map Quiz on Friday
 Asia Map Quiz Monday
 Vocabulary Terms with Examples/Pictures due
Tue/Wed
 Where would you live? Due next Friday
 Unit 1 Test Tue/Wed
Land Organization in the USA
Common to the areas around Louisiana, long lots allowed access to
waterways and/or roads by all landowners.
Though functional in the short-run, the use of the metes-and-bounds method
of designating land sections could cause problems in proving or retaining
ownership if landmarks are destroyed.
Land Plot Filed in any County in the U.S.
The East 32.0 feet of
Lot 2 and the West
38.00 feet of Lot 3
Block 4. NORTH
ROSEDALE, as
recorded in Plat
Book 15, Page 12, of
the Public Records
of Hillsborough
County, Florida
Land Ordinance of 1785
A series of base lines and principal meridians function as the x and
y axis respectively to form graph paper like grids. Base lines follow
latitude and principal meridians follow longitude.
Land Ordinance of 1785
Divided much of the country into a system of townships and ranges to facilitate
the sale of land to settlers in the West
Land Ordinance of 1785
Each township is 6 miles long and 6 miles
wide AND divided into 36 one mile square
sections numbered from 1 to 36 starting in
the top right corner and snaking down to 36
as illustrated below.
Each township is
identified on a grid
much like the
plotting of points on
a graph in math class
EXCEPT here you
are locating
township areas (6
miles square) not
points.
Each square can be
subdivided using
cardinal and
intermediate
directions.
Land Ordinance of 1785
W
T = Township
N = North
S = South
R = Range
E = East
W = West
E
T4N
R3W
T3N
R3W
T4N
R5E
T1N
R1E
T1N
R2E
N
T1S T1S
R2W R1W
S
T2S
R3E
T3S
R1W
T3S
R4E
Land Rush Scene
 Far and Away – Land Rush Scene
Geographic Regions
DIFFERENT TYPES OF REGIONS
Geographic Regions: by definition
 Formal regions are areas in which a certain characteristic is
found throughout them.
 Functional regions consist of a central place and the
surrounding places affected by it.
 Vernacular or Perceptual regions are defined by people’s
attitudes and feelings about areas.
 Areas in which a certain
Formal Regions: Political
characteristic is found
throughout them.
 Political units: where all
people are subject to same
laws and government.
 Examples are:
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States
Countries
Cities
Formal Regions:
Great Plains & the
Pampas
 Great Plains - temperate
(warm) grasslands and fertile
soils
 Pampas - Argentina and
southern South America:
temperate (warm) grasslands
and fertile soils
Formal Regions: Patagonia
 Patagonia: Windswept
plateau south of the
Pampas
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Desolate
Dry
Cold
Formal Regions: The
Corn Belt
 Corn Belt - Region in
USA where corn is grown
in abundance
Formal Regions: Chinatown (San
Francisco, CA)
 Chinatown - San
Francisco (other big cities
in USA) - Chinese people,
restaurants, stores.
Functional Regions
 consist of a central place and
the surrounding places
affected by it.
 Often linked by the flow or
movement of something
 I.e. - Dallas-Fort Worth TX
Metropolitan Area = linked
by a common airport
Functional Regions: Amazon River Drainage Basin
 “Basin” - Bowl or dish-shaped geographic feature. Water
runs to and settles in the middle
 Amazon River Basin - > 80 in. rain/yr., > 80º F constant
temperatures
 are defined by people’s
attitudes and feelings about
areas.
 Sometimes called
“vernacular” regions
 May vary by individual
perceptions
Vernacular Regions
The American South:
sometimes known as
* “Heart of Dixie”
* “Dixie”
* “Cotton Belt”
Vernacular Regions:
The Upper Midwest
Vernacular Regions: The Great
American Desert???
Vernacular Regions:
Patagonia - “The Land of Giants” ???
Vernacular Regions:
World Cities
 Paris = City of Lights
 Chicago = Windy City
Vernacular Regions:
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: The “Marvelous City”
Vernacular Regions:
St. Louis Missouri: “Gateway to the West”
Vernacular Regions:
Mexico City, Mexico: “The City of Palaces”
Vernacular Regions:
Tibet: “The Rooftop of the World”
How would you classify the NFL?
Settlement Site and Situation
You should be able to;
 Define settlement site and situation
 Understand that the location and growth of a
settlement is related to its site and situation
 Identify and explain the site factors responsible for
the location of Bratislava
 Identify and explain the situation of Bratislava and
link this to the reasons why Bratislava has grown
into a major city
References and Definitions
 Site describes the point at which a settlement is
located, it describes the land it is build on. Factors
such as relief, soil, water supply and other
resources were important in choosing the sites of
early settlements.
 Situation describes where the settlement is
located in relation to the surrounding features
such as other settlements, mountains, rivers and
communications (roads, etc.). It is the situation of
a settlement that determines whether it will grow
from a small village into a large town or city.
Site Example
What site advantages do each of these settlement sites have?
Situation Example
Why has
Dorestad grown
into a major port
settlement?
Your Task
 Read the references; Geog.GCSE pages 170+171
(good for site examples), and Key Geography pages
150+151 (better for situation)
 Use the maps from class and Google Earth if
needed, produce an annotated sketch map to show
the site and situation of Bratislava (there is a good
example of page 151 of Key Geography to help)
 Factors influencing its original growth.
 Factors influencing its continued growth now.