Final Review APHUG Flashcards
Situation
The location of a place relative to other places
cartography
map making
distortion
The misrepresentation of shape, area, distance, or direction of or between geographic features when compared to their true measurements
projection
presenting a curved surface on a flat area
Types of projections
Formal Regions
an area within which everyone shares distinctive characteristics
Functional Region
an area organized around a node or a focal point
Vernacular Regions
An area that people believe exist as part of their cultural identity. (Comes from memory)
Hearth
The region from which innovative ideas originate
distance-decay
as the distance between two places increases, the interaction between those two places decreases
space-time compression
The reduction in the time it takes to diffuse something to a distant place, as a result of improved communications and transportation system
density
the number of people who live in a defined land area (usually square miles or square kilometers)
concentration
the extent of a feature’s spread over space
scale
the proportion that relates the dimensions of the map to the dimensions of the area it represents
map scale
refers to the relationship of a feature’s length on a map to its actual distance on Earth
latitude
measure the distance North or South of the Equator and run East-West on a globe or map.
longitude
the set of curving imaginary lines that run North-South, coming together at the poles
Types of maps
choropleth, dot distribution, proportional symbol, isoline, cartogram
Choropleth map
different shaded areas that show density
dot distribution map
uses dots to show presence, quantity, or value of a phenomenon or thing in a specific area
proportional symbol map
different symbols that vary in size
cartogram map
map is distorted
isoline map
weather map
