1. Day 10 - AP Human Geography
September 22, 2014

2. Agenda
Turn in Homework Map Quiz Drill Land Ordinance of 1785 Types of Regions Site vs. Situation

3. Drill
Explain each of the following:
GPS
GIS
Remote Sensing

4. Drill Explain each of the following: Formal Region Functional Region
Vernacular Region

5. 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

6. Land Organization in the USA

8. Land Survey Example
Common to the areas around Louisiana, long lots allowed access to waterways and/or roads by all landowners.

9. Land Survey Example
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.

10. Land Plot Filed in any County in the U.S.
The East 32.0 feet of Lot 2 and the West feet of Lot 3 Block 4. NORTH ROSEDALE, as recorded in Plat Book 15, Page 12, of the Public Records of Hillsborough County, Florida

11. 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.

12. 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

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. Land Ordinance of 1785 T = Township N = North S = South R = Range•W E¢
T4N R3W
T4N R5E
T3N R3W
T1N R1E
T1N R2E N—
T1S R2W
T1S R1W S˜
T2S R3E
T3S R1W
T3S R4E
T = Township
N = North
S = South
R = Range
E = East
W = West

16. Land Rush Scene
Far and Away – Land Rush Scene

17. Different types of regions
Geographic Regions
Different types of regions

18. 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.

19. Formal Regions: Political
Areas in which a certain characteristic is found throughout them.
Political units: where all people are subject to same laws and government.
Examples are:
States
Countries
Cities

20. 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

21. Formal Regions: Patagonia
Patagonia: Windswept plateau south of the Pampas
Desolate
Dry
Cold

22. Formal Regions: The Corn Belt
Corn Belt - Region in USA where corn is grown in abundance

23. Formal Regions: Chinatown (San Francisco, CA)
Chinatown - San Francisco (other big cities in USA) - Chinese people, restaurants, stores.

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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”

27. Vernacular Regions: The Upper Midwest

28. Vernacular Regions: The Great American Desert???

29. Vernacular Regions: Patagonia - “The Land of Giants” ???

30. Vernacular Regions: World Cities
Paris = City of Lights
Chicago = Windy City

31. Vernacular Regions: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: The “Marvelous City”

32. Vernacular Regions: St. Louis Missouri: “Gateway to the West”

33. Vernacular Regions: Mexico City, Mexico: “The City of Palaces”

34. Vernacular Regions: Tibet: “The Rooftop of the World”

35. How would you classify the NFL?

36. Settlement Site and Situation

37. 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

38. 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.

39. What site advantages do each of these settlement sites have?
Site Example
What site advantages do each of these settlement sites have?

40. Situation Example
Why has Dorestad grown into a major port settlement?

41. Your Task
Read the references; Geog.GCSE pages (good for site examples), and Key Geography pages (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.