Pop quiz Flashcards
What is a Political Map?
Political maps are maps that are usually coloured by country or state, they make it easy to compare size shape and location. Large features are easy to see and it includes political information.
What is a Political Map?
Political maps are maps that are usually coloured by country or state, they make it easy to compare size shape and location. Large features are easy to see and bold letters make country names stand out.
What is a Physical Map?
Physical maps show the natural details of the land and water included in the area. Makers of physical maps use colors and gradients of colors as well as different types of lines and symbols to depict elevation and different types of land. While a political map focuses on cities, capitals and political boundaries, the physical map depicts the geography of the area. Many maps, however, combine features of the two types to one degree or another.
What is a climate map?
A climate map shows information about the climate of an area. These maps can show things like the specific climatic zones of an area based on the temperature the amount of snow an area receives or the average number of cloudy days. These maps normally use colors to show different climatic areas.
What are topographic maps?
These maps generally represent a small area with a lot of detail. They show elevation with contour lines, natural and manmade features.
What are topographic maps?
These maps generally represent a small area with a lot of detail. They show elevation with contour lines, natural and manmade features.
What are Choropleth maps?
Choropleth maps use color to show how data changes from place to place. These maps allow us to visualize information tied to geography, and to compare and analyze data from across locations.
What are flowline maps?
These maps typically use lines to show the movement of people and goods between varied locations.
What are the elements of a map?
BOLTSS, Border, Orientation, Legend, Title, Scale and source
What are the 2 types of compasses
The zenith compass has the NESW
The Surveyors compass uses bearing angles from north varying degrees.
What is the Mercator map
The Mercator map preserves the shape of countries and it is good for navigation, however the poles are very stretched and long. This is also the map used in google maps.
What is the Molllweide map
The mollweide map is very shapely and curvey but it is perfectly equal
What is the Gall Peters map?
The Gall Peters map is a more accurate distance map, also known as the equal area map, although it does look quite stretched.
What is the hydrosphere
The water surrounding the surface of the globe.
WHat is the atmosphere
The gaseous envelope surrounding the earth.
