Sponge's AP Human Geography Vol. 1 - Vocabulary to Use When Analyzing Maps

FOR SPATIAL PATTERNS

• Density/Sparse

• Dispersion

• Paths and Nodes

• Flow

• System and Network

• Linear

• Random

• Grid

• Isolated

• Segregated

• Diverse

• Uniform

• Clusters/Clustered

• Compact

• Agglomeration

• Access Point

• Boundaries Barriers

• Regions (Formal, Functional, Perceptual)

• Zones

• Directions - North, South East, West, Northwest, etc.

• Interior

• Coastal

• Edge

• Centralized

• Concentrated

• Linked

• Core/Periphery

• Vertical/Horizontal

TERMS RELATED TO SCALE

• Global

• Hemisphere

• Regional

• Realm

• Country/State

• State or Province

• Local

• County

• City

• Census Tract

• Neighborhood

• Zoom In/Zoom Out

• Large/Small

• Micro/Macro

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