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Question 1

What are the 5 steps in the Geo-inquiry process?

Answer 1

Ask
Collect
Visualize
Create
Act

Question 2

Quantitative Data

Answer 2

Data with numbers

Question 3

Qualitative Data

Answer 3

Data with qualities

Question 4

Census

Answer 4

Official count of the number of people in a defined area

Question 5

Geographic information systems(GIS)

Answer 5

It captures, stores, organizes, and displays geographic data that can then be used to configure both simple and complex maps

Question 6

Topography

Answer 6

The shape and features of land surfaces

Question 7

Remote Sensing

Answer 7

Gathering data remotely

Question 8

Global positioning system(GPS)

Answer 8

An integrated network of at least 31 satellites in the U.S system that orbit Earth and transmit location data to handheld receivers

Question 9

Cartographers

Answer 9

They create maps

Question 10

Absolute distance

Answer 10

Distance that can be measured using a standard unit of length

Question 11

Relative distance

Answer 11

Measured in terms of other criteria such as time or mon

Question 12

Absolute direction

Answer 12

Cardinal directions

Question 13

Relative direction

Answer 13

left, right, up, down, front, or behind

Question 14

Map scale

Answer 14

Mathematical relationship between the size of a map and the part of the real world it shows.

Question 15

Mercator Projection

Answer 15

Shows true direction
Good for navigation purposes
Distorts area
Size is distorted increasingly near the poles

Question 16

Gall-Peters Projection

Answer 16

Shows true direction
Area is relatively precise
Distorts shape
Continents appear elongated

Question 17

Robinson Projection

Answer 17

A globe-like appearance that “looks real”
Distorts size and shape, but not too much
Imprecise measurements
Extreme distortion at the poles;flat on the poles and compressed near the equator

Question 18

Azimuthal Projection

Answer 18

Preserves direction
When used from the point of the North Pole, no country is seen as center
Distorts shape and area
Only shows one-half of Earth

Question 19

Reference maps

Answer 19

Generalized sources of geographic data and focus on location

Question 20

Thematic maps

Answer 20

Have a theme or specific purpose and focus on the relationship among geographic data.

Question 21

Know the types of maps

Answer 21

Isoline, Graduate Symbols, Cartograms, Dot, and Choropleth