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

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

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

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

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.

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 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

Land Rush Scene Far and Away – Land Rush Scene

Different types of regions 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.

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

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 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.

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