UNIT 1

Question 1

Reference Maps

Answer 1

regular maps showing cities, mountains, roads, or boundaries

Question 2

Cartography

Answer 2

Science of making maps

Question 3

Projection

Answer 3

Process of taking a location and making it a flat map. Most common projection: Robinson projection. All maps have some sort of distortion (shape, distance, land mass, direction)

Question 4

Meridian

Answer 4

arc drawn on map between N and S poles, main ones: Prime Meridian and Intern data line

Question 5

Parallel

Answer 5

circle drawn around theglobe parralel to equator, right angles to meridian

Question 6

Time Zones

Answer 6

USA 4: Central, Mountain, Eastern, Pacific, time zones based on greenwhich england, due to power when created. New time zone every 15 degrees longitude. 1 degree 69 miles
so new tz every 1035 miles

Question 7

Greenwhich mean time

Answer 7

the time in that time zone, which is in prime meridian/0 degrees longitude

Question 8

International Date Line

Answer 8

arc that mostly follows 180 degrees longitude, but deviates in several places. When going east towards america, goes back 24 hrs, when going west towards asia, goes forwad 24 hrs

Question 9

Thematic maps

Answer 9

maps highlighting a single variable

Question 10

Isoline maps

Answer 10

Shows lines that connect points of equal value. topographic maps

Question 11

Choropleth Maps

Answer 11

uses color or shading to show level of variable within regions

Question 12

Dot maps

Answer 12

variable represented with dots, showing density

Question 13

proportional symbol map

Answer 13

size of bar or shape changes based on occurences

Question 14

cartogram

Answer 14

landmass distored based on level of variable

Question 15

5 themes of geography

Answer 15

MR HELP
movement
region
human envionrmental interaction
Location
Place

Question 16

GIS

Answer 16

Geographic Information System
stores organizes analyzes and displays geographic data

Question 17

GPS

Answer 17

global positioning system
system that determines precise position of something on Earth through settelittes, stracking stations, and recievers

Question 18

Remote sensing

Answer 18

acquisition of data about earths surface from satellite orbiting planet/long-distance methods

Question 19

Demographics

Answer 19

quantifiable stats of particular country such as life expectancy, GDP, etc.

Question 19

Census Data

Answer 19

systematically requireing and recording info about pop. collect many attributes

Question 20

map scale

Answer 20

ration between distance on map and actual distance on earth

Question 21

geographic scale

Answer 21

more general term that applies to conceptual hierarchy of spaces

Question 22

scale