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Question 1

The precise spot where something is according to a system

Answer 1

Absolute location

Question 2

The distance north or south of the equator

Answer 2

Lattitude

Question 3

The imaginary line that circles the globe exactly halfway between the north and south pole

Answer 3

Equator

Question 4

The distance east or west of the prime meridian

Answer 4

Longitude

Question 5

An imaginary line that runs from pole to pole through Greenwich

Answer 5

Prime meridian

Question 6

A line oposite the prime meridian that follows international boundaries

Answer 6

International date line

Question 6

A description of where something is in relation to other things

Answer 6

Relative location

Question 7

How well two locations are tied together by roads or other links

Answer 7

Connectivity

Question 8

How quickly and easily people can interact with people in another location

Answer 8

Acessibility

Question 9

The general arrangement of things in the distribution of phenomena across space

Answer 9

Patterns

Question 10

Distance measured usually in terms like feet,miles, or km

Answer 10

Absolute location

Question 11

Something that indicates the degree of nearness based on factors like time or money

Answer 11

Relative distance

Question 12

The distance of features above sea level, usually measured in feet or meters

Answer 12

Elevation

Question 13

Maps that show and label natural features such as mountains,rivers, and deserts

Answer 13

Physical maps

Question 14

A map that shows and labels highways,streets, and alleys

Answer 14

Road maps

Question 14

A map that shows and labels property lines and details of land ownership

Answer 14

Plat maps

Question 15

Maps that show spatial aspects of information or of a phenomena

Answer 15

Thematic maps

Question 16

A map that uses various colors/shades to show the location and distribution of spatial data

Answer 16

Chloropleth maps

Question 17

Maps that use lines to connect points of equal values,also called isometric maps

Answer 17

Isoline maps

Question 17

A map that shows symbols of different sizes to indicate different amounts of something

Answer 17

Graduated symbol map

Question 18

Maps used to show something across a map, where dots represent different things

Answer 18

Dot distribution maps

Question 19

A map where the sizes of countries are shown according to a specific statistic

Answer 19

Cartogram

Question 19

The ratio between the size of things in the real world and the size of things on a map

Answer 19

Scale

Question 20

the way a map communicates the ration of its size to what it represents

Answer 20

Cartographic scale

Question 21

A map that shows a larger area with less detail

Answer 21

Small scale maps

Question 22

Maps that show a small amount of space with greater detail

Answer 22

Large scale maps

Question 23

The study of spatial characteristics of various elements of the environment

Answer 23

Physical geography

Question 24

The study of spatial characteristics of humans and human activities

Answer 24

Human geography

Question 25

A spacial framework to guide your thinking
1-what,wherewhenscale
2-patterns
3-why patterns occur
4-impact on SPEED

Answer 25

4 level analysis

Question 26

The idea that things closer together are more closely connected than things farther apart

Answer 26

Time distance decay

Question 27

Any information that can be measured and recorded using numbers

Answer 27

Quantative data

Question 28

The general arrangement of things being studied and the repeated sequence of event that make them

Answer 28

Spatial patterns

Question 29

Quantative and spatial data with a geographic location

Answer 29

Geospatial data

Question 30

Looking at topics at the local,regional,country, or global scale

Answer 30

Scales of analysis

Question 30

Data collected by interviews,photos,and remote satellites

Answer 30

Qualitative data

Question 31

A map that shows geographic locations on earth surfaces such as cities,oceans, and countries

Answer 31

Reference maps

Question 32

Maps that show and label human created boundaries and designations

Answer 32

Political maps