Unit 1.2 Vocab

Question 1

Patterns

Answer 1

General arrangements of things being studied.

Question 2

Processes

Answer 2

The repeated sequences of events.

Question 3

Scale

Answer 3

The ratio between the size of things in the real world and the size of those same things on a map.

Question 4

Cartographic scale

Answer 4

Refers to the way the map communicates the ratio of its size to the size of what it represents.

Question 5

Geographic scale or Relative scale

Answer 5

Refers to the amount of territory that the map represents.

Question 6

Scale of data

Answer 6

Differs from cartographic or geographic scale.

Question 7

Reference maps

Answer 7

Aptly named because they are designed for people to refer to for general information about places.

Question 8

Political maps

Answer 8

Show and label human-created boundaries and designations, such as countries, states, capitals, and cities.

Question 9

Physical maps

Answer 9

Show and label natural features, such as mountains, rivers, and deserts.

Question 10

Road maps

Answer 10

Show and label highways, streets, and alleys.

Question 11

Plat maps

Answer 11

Show and label property lines and details of land ownership.

Question 12

Locator maps

Answer 12

Illustrations used in books and advertisements to show specific locations mentioned in the text.

Question 13

Thematic maps

Answer 13

Show spatial aspects of information or of a phenomenon.

Question 14

Choropleth maps

Answer 14

Use various colors, shades of one color, or patterns to show the location and distribution of spatial data.

Question 15

Dot distribution maps

Answer 15

Used to show the specific location and distribution of something across the territory of the map.Each dot represents a specified quantity.

Question 16

Graduated symbol maps

Answer 16

Use symbols of different sizes to indicate different amounts of something.

Question 17

Isoline maps

Answer 17

Also called isometric maps, use lines that connect points of equal value to depict variations in the data across space.

Question 18

Topographic maps

Answer 18

The most common type of isoline maps. Popular among hikers.

Question 19

Cartogram

Answer 19

In which the sizes of countries (or states or counties, or another areal unit) are shown according to some specific statistic.

Question 20

Map projection

Answer 20

The process of showing a curved surface on a flat surface is done using this.

Question 21

Geographic models

Answer 21

Representations of reality or theories about reality to help see general spatial patterns.

Question 22

Spatial models

Answer 22

Look like stylized maps, and illustrate theories about spatial distributions.

Question 23

Nonspatial models

Answer 23

Illustrate theories and concepts using words, graphs, or tables. They often depict changes over time rather than across space.

Question 24

Formal regions, uniform regions, or homogeneous regions

Answer 24

United by one or more traits. (physical, cultural, economic)

Question 25

Functional regions or nodal regions

Answer 25

Organized around a focal point and are defined by an activity that occurs across the region. Often united by networks of communication and transportation that are centered on a node.

Question 26

Perceptual regions or vernacular regions

Answer 26

Different from formal and functional regions in that they are defined by the informal sense of place that people ascribe to them.

Question 27

Mental maps

Answer 27

Maps that people create in their minds based on their own experience and knowledge.

Question 28

Subregions

Answer 28

Shares some characteristics with the rest of the larger region but is distinctive in some ways.

Question 29

Fieldwork

Answer 29

The act of collecting data that was observed and recorded in a location.

Question 30

Quantitative data

Answer 30

Information that can be measured and recorded using numbers.

Question 31

Qualitative data

Answer 31

Data collected as interviews, document archives, descriptions, and visual observations.

Question 32

Regionalization

Answer 32

Organization of the earth’s surface into distinct areas that have similar characteristics.

Question 33

Mercator projection

Answer 33

Used for navigation
Any straight line between two points is a true line of constant direction, but not usually the shortest distance between the two points.
Distances are true along the equator but are reasonably correct within 15 degrees within either side.

Question 34

Peters projection

Answer 34

The Peter’s map is an equal-area projection which became the centerpiece of a controversy surrounding the political implications of map design.

Question 35

Conic projection

Answer 35

A map projection in which an area of the earth is projected onto a cone whose vertex is usually above one of the poles, then unrolled onto a flat surface.A map projection in which the surface features of a globe are depicted as if projected onto a cone typically positioned so as to rest on the globe along a parallel (a line of equal latitude).

Question 36

Robinson projection

Answer 36

Makes the world “look right”
Better balance of size and shape of high-latitude lands than in Mercator.
Russia, Canada, and Greenland are truer in size, but Greenland compressed.