unit 1 test Flashcards
types of thematic maps
choropleth, dots, graduated symbol, isoline, cartogram
types of reference maps
political, physical, road
map projection examples
mercator, gall peters, robinson, conic
small scale maps
large area with little to no detail
large scale maps
small area with lots of detail
5 themes of geo
mr help-
movement
region
human environment interaction
location
place
three types of regions
formal, functional, and perceptual
climate zones
tropic west
arid
humid subtropical
tundra
ice cap
humid continental
mediteranin
tropic wet dry
semi arid
marine west coase
subarctic
highlands
tropic west
average temp of 80
estimated 80 inches of rain a year
tropic wet dry
rainy summer dry winter
semi arid
16 inches of rain a year (semi dessert) (hot)
arid
dessert very little rain less that 10 inches
mediteranean
dry and hot summer
cool winter (very mid seasons)
very populated
marine west coast
cloudy
damp
foggy
washington st
humid subtropical
louisiana
mild winters
sub arctic
evergreen forests
humid continental
all four seasons
tundra
treeless very cold
ice cap
permanetly freezing temp
highlands
tops of mountains
latitude
horizontal
longitude
vertical
field observations
process of observing and collecting data about people, cultures, and natural environmnet
landscape analysis
outlines the strengths, resources, and needs of a particular community
reference map
boundaries and names in geographical areas
gis
geographic info system
computer system that analyses and displays geographically referenced location
situation
the situation of a city relate’s to it’s surroundings features both human-made and natural
remote sensing
process of detecting and monitoring physical characteristics of an area
