Chaper 2 Vocab 2

Question 1

Cartography

Answer 1

The reduction of maps, including construction if projections, design, compilation, drafting and reproduction.

Question 2

Distortion

Answer 2

The misrepresentation of the area or shape of a feature.

Question 3

Four Main Map Properties

Answer 3

Shape
Size
Distance
Direction

Question 4

Cardinal Directions

Answer 4

North, South, East, and West.

Question 5

Intermediate Directions

Answer 5

Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, and Southeast.

Question 6

Relative Directions

Answer 6

Left, right, forward(s), backward(s), up, and down

Question 7

Equal-area Projections

Answer 7

A map projection in which quadrilaterals formed by meridians and parallels have an area on the map proportional to their area on the globe.

Question 8

Conformal Projections

Answer 8

A map projection in which a small area is rendered in its true shape

Question 9

Azimuthal Projections

Answer 9

A map projection in which a globe, as of the Earth, is assumed to rest on a flat surface onto which its features are projected. An azimuthal projection produces a circular map with a chosen pointthe point on the globe that is tangent to the flat surfaceat its center.

Question 10

Equidistant Projections

Answer 10

A map projection of the surface of the earth so centered at any given point that a straight line radiating from the center to any other point represents the shortest distance and can be measured to scale.

Question 11

Robinson Projection

Answer 11

A compromise map projection showing the poles as lines rather than points and more accurately portraying high latitude lands and water to land ratio.

Question 12

Mercator Projection

Answer 12

A cylindrical map projection in which the meridians and parallels of latitude appear as lines crossing at right angles and in which areas appear greater farther from the equator.

Question 13

Cognitive (or mental) Maps

Answer 13

Map drawn form memory.

Question 14

Sale

Answer 14

Te relationship between a distance on the map and the actual measurement in the real world.

Question 15

Map scale

Answer 15

The degree to which a map “zooms in” in the area it’s representing.

Question 16

Isoline thematic maps

Answer 16

Map displaying lines that connect points of equal value; for example, a map showing elevation levels.

Question 17

Choropleth

Answer 17

Map that shows a pattern of a variable, such as population density or voting patterns, by using various colors or degrees of shading.

Question 18

Proportional-symbol

Answer 18

Map that uses some symbol to display the frequency of a variable. Te larger he symbol in the map, the higher the frequency of the variable found in that region.

Question 19

Dot density map

Answer 19

Thematic map that uses dots to represent the frequency of a variable in a given area.