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Question 1

Reference map

Answer 1

An informational map that shows boundaries, names of places, and geographic features of an area.

Question 2

Topographic map

Answer 2

A map that uses contour lines to display the terrain and elevation changes.

Question 3

Thematic map

Answer 3

A map that displays spatial patterns of places and uses quantitative data to display specific topics

Question 4

Absolute direction

Answer 4

Exact direction your travelling.

Question 5

Relative direction

Answer 5

The direction depends on the sorrounding area.

Question 6

Absolute distance

Answer 6

Exact distance between two places.

-Usually measured in miles or kilometers.

Question 6

Relative distance

Answer 6

An approximate measurement between two places.

-Usually measured in time or direction.

Question 7

Relative location

Answer 7

A description of a location using surrounding geographic fatures.

Question 8

Absolute location

Answer 8

The exact spot where something is located.

Question 9

Quantitative data

Answer 9

Information that can be counted and presented in number form.

Question 10

Qualitative data

Answer 10

Information that is presented in a word form and is often up for interpretation and debate.

Question 10

Chloroleth Map

Answer 10

Display data by using different color. Uses generalizaion to display data.

Scale of map impacts data of what you can see.

Question 11

Small scale map

Answer 11

A map that shows a large portion of the Earth’s surface but has less details in the data it is displaying.

Question 12

Large scale maps

Answer 12

A map that shows less of the Earth’s surface but has more details in the data it is displaying.

Question 13

Dot density map

Answer 13

Data with points at the place the data is occuring.

Question 14

Clustered

Answer 14

Objects in an area are close together with little to no space between them.

Question 15

Dispersed

Answer 15

Objects in an area are spread out with little space between them.

Question 16

Isoline maps

Answer 16

The map uses lines to connect different areas that have similar or equal amounts of information.

EX. Weather map

Question 17

Graduated Symbol map

Answer 17

The map uses shapes, items, or symbols to show the location and amount of data.

Question 18

Remote sensing

Answer 18

Process of collecting information about the Earth’s surface from satellites orbiting the Earth.

Question 19

GIS

Answer 19

A computer system that can collect, analyze, and display geographic data.

Question 20

Flowline Map

Answer 20

Maps show the movement of goods, people, animals, services, or ideas between different places.

Question 20

Cartogram map

Answer 20

Maps that are represented in a dynamic way. Greatest value represented as the largest area.

Question 21

Place

Answer 21

A specific point on the Earth’s surface that has one or more unique characteristics.

Question 22

Census data

Answer 22

Process of collecting data about the population and housing of a country or region.

Question 23

GPS

Answer 23

A network of satellites that are used to detirmine the location of something on the Earth's surface.

Question 24

Field observations

Answer 24

Data being gathered in the real world

Question 25

Distance decay

Answer 25

The effect of distance on cultural or spatial interactions. The larger the distance the less interation.

Question 25

Waldo Tobler Theory

Answer 25

People that are closer are more likely to interact than farther away.

Question 26

Time-space Compression

Answer 26

The reduction of time it takes for something or someone to get from one place to another.

Question 27

Flow

Answer 27

The movement of people, ideas, goods, or services from one place to another.

Question 28

Spatial association

Answer 28

The relationships between different object in an area. Looks at how objects are arranged, connected, and possibly isolated in a place.

Question 29

Supply chain

Answer 29

A network of people, organizations, resources, and activities that work together to create and sell different products.

Question 30

Space

Answer 30

The physical gap between different objects in an area.

Question 31

Spatial Distribution

Answer 31

Density, concentration, and patterns of an area.

Question 32

Human characteristics

Answer 32

Religion, language, poulation, and demographic data in general.

Question 33

Sense of place

Answer 33

A strong feeling or perception people have of a place.

Question 33

Placelessness

Answer 33

Location lacks a unique identity.

Question 34

Situation factors

Answer 34

Locations sorrounding a place (connections between one place and another)

Question 35

Site factors

Answer 35

Characteristics that are at a specific location.

Question 36

Desalination

Answer 36

The process of removing salt from seawater

Question 37

Environmental Possiblism

Answer 37

The idea that the environment puts limits on society, but people have the ability to adjust/modify the physical environment to overcom those limits.

Question 38

Environmental Determinism

Answer 38

The environment sets the possibilities for humans and society.

Question 39

Renewable resources

Answer 39

Natural resources that can be used multiple times without running out.

Question 40

Non-renewable resources

Answer 40

Natural resources that can only be used once.

Question 41

Land-Use

Answer 41

Describes how land has been changed or modified to be used for a specfic purpose or task.

Question 41

Sustainability

Answer 41

The use of the Earh's resources in a way that ensures those resources will still be available in the future.