Transcript Ch1_2_Student_Version_APHG

US Land Ordinance 1785
• Thomas Hutchins – geographer
of US, 1781.
• Another ________________
indicator of location.
• Divided much of country into
system of townships and ranges
to promote the _____ of land to
settlers in the _______.
• Easy to do because of physical
geography.
• Township – square ___ miles on
each side.
• Each township has a number
corresponding to its distance
north/south of a particular
base line.
US Land Ordinance 1785
• Townships in first row N of a
baseline = T1N (Township 1
North), the 2nd row to the N =
T2N, first row to S = T1S, blah,
blah.
• Each has a 2nd # = _________
(corresponding to its location
E/W of a principal meridian.
• Townships are divided into 36
sections, each one mile by one
mile.
• Numbered in consistent order,
from 1 in the NE to 36 in the
SE.
US Land Ordinance 1785
• Each section is divided into __ quarter
sections (only 0.5 mile by 0.5 mile, or 160
acres).
• Amount of land many western pioneers
bought as a _____________.
• FYE – Explains the location of ___________
across the Midwest, farm fields in Iowa, and
major streets in __________.
Types of Regions
• Region = any area larger than a point yet
smaller than the entire planet.
• Places can be in more than one region.
• Usually applied at once of two scales –
countries sharing important features and/or
localities w/in a country.
• Identify three types of regions: formal,
functional, and vernacular.
Formal Regions
• Formal Region – aka “__________” region or a
“homogeneous” region – area within which everyone
shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics.
• Example: ___________ (cultural), producing tobacco
(economic), climate (environmental).
• Characteristic is present throughout.
• Countries, local government units, Wheat Belt, Corn Belt,
Republican/Democratic States.
• Identified to help explain broad global or national patterns
(religion, economic development).
• Usually illustrates a general concept rather than a precise
mathematical distribution.
Functional Regions
• Functional Region – aka
“______” region – area
organized around a node or
focal point.
• Characteristic dominates at
a central focus or node and
diminishes in importance
outward.
• Region is tied to the central
point by ______________ or
________________ systems
or by economic or functional
associations.
Functional Regions
• Display information about
economic areas.
• Region’s node = shop or service
(ex. Kroger)
• Boundaries of the region mark
the limits of the ________ area
of the activity.
• People and activities may be
____________ to the node;
information may flow from the
node to the surrounding area.
• Example: Circulation of a
newspaper.
Vernacular Regions
• Vernacular Region – aka “___________”
region – place that people believe exists as
part of their cultural identity.
• Arise from informal sense of place rather
than from scientific models developed
through geographic thought.
• Draw a mental map to identify a perceptual
region.
• Example: The South – WW and Alabama
Alabama