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Unit 1: Geographic Inquiry and Skill Development Flashcards

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Geography

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The study of the Earth’s physical features and environment, the impact of human activity on these features and vice versa.

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Physical geography

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The branch of geography that deals with the natural features of the earth.

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Human geography

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The branch of geography that deals with people, communities, and culture, with an emphasis on relations of and across space and place.

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Four important geographic concepts

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  • Interrelationships
  • Spatial significance
  • Patterns and trends
  • Geographic perspective
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Geographic inquiry process

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  1. Formulate questions
  2. Gather and organize
  3. Interpret and analyze
  4. Evaluate and draw conclusions
  5. Communicate your findings
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Political map

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Does not show any topographic features, focuses solely on state and national boundaries, locations of cities.

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Physical map

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Shows the physical landscape features of a place. Water shown in blue. Elevation changes shown with different colours, green being lower and brown being higher.

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Thematic map

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Focuses on a particular theme. Natural and political features included as background information.

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Topographic map

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Similar to a physical map, shows different physical landscape features. However, uses contour lines instead of colours to show elevation changes. Lines closer together when terrain is steep.

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Road map

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One of the most widely used maps, show highways, roads, airports, city locations, and points of interest like parks, campgrounds, and monuments. Major highways are red, minor roads are a lighter colour, more narrow.

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Mapping rules

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  • 1 cm border
  • North arrow
  • Legend box, heading all caps not underlined
  • Source box, heading all caps not underlined
  • Title not underlined
  • Name and date in bottom right hand corner
  • Place names not underlined
  • No arrows when labelling
  • Label to right of location, then counterclockwise
  • Only print horizontally when labelling, unless it’s a river or stream, then follow the shape of the river
  • Do not colour water blue
  • Label map in black ink or pencil only
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Point symbols

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Simple icons used to show the location of places, services, and data. Can be used to show distribution and proportion.

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Line symbols

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Represents routes, direction of movement, connect areas of equal value (contour lines) and indicate quantity by thickness.

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Area symbols

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Use colours and patterns to represent large features, such as green for a park and blue for lakes.

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What is the most accurate way of looking at the Earth’s land and sea area?

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Globe

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Is it possible to flatten the curved surface of the Earth without stretching or cutting part of it?

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No

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Equal area projection

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Area is shown in correct size proportion to other areas

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Conformal projection

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Shape is shown correctly

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Polar projection

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Gives a good view of the poles

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Mercator projection

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Conformal projection, used by Google Maps

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Eckert IV

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Equal area projection

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Gall

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Compromise between equal area and conformal

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Parallels of latitude

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Run east to west, used to determine locations north or south of the equator.

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Meridians of longitude

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Run north to south, used to determine locations east or west of the prime meridian

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Equator

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Imaginary line at 0 degrees latitude

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Prime meridian

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Imaginary line at 0 degrees longitude

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International date line

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Imaginary line at 180 degrees longitude

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Scale statement

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1 cm to 5 km

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Representative fraction

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1: 500,000

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Linear scale

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0—5—10—15 km

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Direction

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North, south, east, west

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Bearings

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0 to 360 degrees

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GPS

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Global positioning system. A satellite-based system that provides location data.

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GIS

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Geographic information system. Computer system that manages and analyzes geographic information.

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Remote sensing

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Seeing or measuring something from a considerable distance, often from a satellite.

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Telematics

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Any technology that involves the long-distance transmission of digital information.

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Critical thinking

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Using or involving careful judgement

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Relative location

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The location of something in relation to other geographic features

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Absolute location

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The location of something in absolute terms of latitude and longitude

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Large scale map

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Shows a smaller area with more detail

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Small scale map

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Shows a larger area with less detail

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Cardinal points

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North, south, east, west

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Ordinal points

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NE, SE, NW, SW

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