Unit 1 Vocab and Concepts

Question 1

The study and practice of making maps

Answer 1

Cartography

Question 2

Map that refers to the general information about places

Answer 2

Reference maps

Question 3

Map that shows spatial aspects, information or a phenomenon

Answer 3

Thematic maps

Question 4

Lines that connect points of equal value to depict variations of data across space

Answer 4

Isoline map

Question 5

Maps that use various colors, shades, and patterns to show distribution of spatial data

Answer 5

Choropleth map

Question 6

Use symbols of different sizes to indicate different amounts of something

Answer 6

Proportionate symbol map

Question 7

Type of map with dots that are used to represent location and distribution of something. One dot represents a specified quantity

Answer 7

Dot distribution map

Question 8

Type of isoline map, points of equal elevation are connected with giving surface feature

Answer 8

Topographic map

Question 9

A map shown and sized by a specific statistic

Answer 9

Cartogram

Question 10

Exact distance measured in feet, kilometers, miles, etc.

Answer 10

Absolute distance

Question 11

Indicated the degree of nearness based on time or money and is dependent on the mode of travel

Answer 11

Relative distance

Question 12

The way a phenomena is spread out or arranged over an area to describe patters

Answer 12

Spatial distribution

Question 13

General arrangement of things
-linear
-clustered/agglomerated
-dispersed
-geometric
-random

Answer 13

Patterns

Question 14

Matching patterns of distribution that indicate two or more phenomena may be related or associated with each others

Answer 14

Spatial association

Question 15

All maps distort some aspect of reality

Answer 15

Map projection

Question 16

Straight lines, rectangular map, easy to follow, distorts the sizes of the countries as they get farther from the equator

Answer 16

Mercator projection

Question 17

Oval, distorts shape as it gets farther from equator

Answer 17

Robinson projection

Question 18

Captures, stores, queries, and displays geographic data

Answer 18

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Question 19

System that determines the precise position of something on earth

Answer 19

Global Positioning System GPS

Question 20

System that determines the precise position of something on earth

Answer 20

Global Positioning System GPS

Question 21

The acquisition of data about earths surface from a satellite orbiting earth or from other long distance methods

Answer 21

Remote sensing

Question 22

The exact location address or coordinates used to describe a location

Answer 22

Exact location

Question 23

Using a nearby place/landmark to describe the location of a place

Answer 23

Relative location

Question 24

Specific human and physical characteristics of a location

Answer 24

Place

Question 25

What natural features that describe the current development
Why settle here?

Answer 25

Site

Question 26

Where a place is in relation to its surrounding features

Answer 26

Situation

Question 27

The father away something is from another, the less likely the two are to interact

Answer 27

Distance decay

Question 28

The social adn psychological effects of faster movement or information over space in a shorter period of time

Answer 28

Time-space compression

Question 29

All things are related, but nearby things are more related than distant things

Answer 29

Tobler’s first law of Geography

Question 30

Natural factors alone determine the cultural attribute of society
-environment determines why people live there

Answer 30

Environmental determinism

Question 31

The natural environment is still a factor, however humans have choices and can harness tech to overcome challenges

Answer 31

Environmental possibilism