1.1 key terms part 2 Flashcards
Networks
These are systems that connect people, goods, information, and ideas between places. They include things like transportation routes, communication systems, and social connections. They show how different places are connected.
Quantitative data
It refers to information that can be measured and expressed in numbers. This type of data is used to analyze patterns, trends, and relationships in geography, such as population statistics, economic figures, or climate measurements
Geospatial data
In AP Human Geography, geospatial data is information that shows where things are on Earth. It helps make maps and study patterns. Examples include satellite pictures and GPS coordinates.
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Qualatative Data
This data is collected as interviews photos remote satellite images or cartoons. For example asking people if they feel an intersection is dangeroous. No numbers
Scales of analysis
levels at which geographic data is analyzed, ranging from local to global, to understand patterns and processes. It helps geographers see how data and phenomena differ depending on the scale used
Refrence maps
These maps give an overall view of a place, showing both natural features (like mountains and rivers) and human-made features (like cities, roads, and borders).
Political maps
Show and label human created boundaries and designations such as countries states cities and capitals
Isoline maps
Also called isometric maps, use lines that connect points of equal value to depcit variations in the data across space. Where the lines are close together the map depicts rapid change.
Topographic maps
Popular amoung hikers, Points of equal elevation are connected on these maps creating contours that depict surface features.
Cartogram
The sizes of countries are shown according to some specific statistc like population so it looks funny as hell.
Scale
Ratio between the size of things in the real world and the size of those same things on a map. It can be broken down into 3 parts
Cartographic scale
Refers to the way the map communicates the ratio of its size to the size of what it represents. For example 1 inch =10 miles
Large scale maps
Large scale maps show a smaller amount of area with a greater amount of detail.
Small scale maps
Smalle scale maps they show a larger area often global on a small map using scales. This is all maps bro what the hell
Connectitity
This is how well different places are linked together. It looks at how they connect through things like transportation, communication, and relationships. More connectivity means more interaction and movement between places
Accessibility
How quickly and easily people in one location can interact with people in another location
Direction
it is used to describe where things are in relation to each other. Cardinal directions for example.
Patterns.
General arrangment of things
Absoloute distance.
Usually measured in terms of feet, miles, meters, or kilometers. For example the distance from school to home is 2.2 miles.
Relative distance
Indicates the degree of nearness based on time or money and is often dependent on the mode of travel. For example, from home to school is 10 minutes by car
Elevation
Distance of features above sea level.
