Section 1.1 Vocab Flashcards
1
Q
Distortion
A
Changes how its presented
2
Q
Cartography
A
Practice of drawing maps
3
Q
Mercator Projection
A
Good for navigation and bad b/c land is distorted
4
Q
Peters Projection
A
Good land accurate size bad b/c the land shape is inaccurate.
5
Q
Meridian
A
Line of longitude
6
Q
Parallel
A
Lines of latitude
7
Q
Robinson Projection
A
Good b/c looks more like a globe bad b/c everything’s a little distorted.
8
Q
Map Scale
A
Shows distance on a map
9
Q
Polar Projection
A
World Flatten out
10
Q
Choropleth
A
Colors represents the data
11
Q
Cartogram
A
Chart or graph in map form
12
Q
Region
A
Putting world in categories with shared characteristics
13
Q
Isoline
A
Lines that connect points
14
Q
Dot Distribution
A
Dot= Specific number
The more the dots the more it is on a map
15
Q
Map
A
Visual representation of the world
