VOCAB Flashcards
Cartogram
Map that changes size to communicate data
Choropleth Map
Map that uses color to show data
Graduated Symbol Map
Map that uses different sized circles
Political Map
Show borders of governments by using lines and colors
Dot Density Map
Use dots to represent data
Isoline map
Used for elevation/Has wavy patterns
Mental Map
Not perfectly accurate/Created by a person’s own experience
Mercator Projection
COMMON MAP/ Made for navigation and Antarctica is huge at bottom
Physical Map
Shows changes in terrain by using natural landscape colors
Polar Projection
ONLY accurate on top
Concentration
Distribution of density in an area
Dispersed/Dispersion
Spread out data
Density
How many people or data is in an specific area
Distortion
Alteration of an original shape
Scale
The relationship between the distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground
GPS (global positioning system)
GIS
Remote sensing
Globalization
Heterogeneity
Homogeneity
Regionalization
Spatial interaction
Possibilism (Environmental possibilism)
Environmental determinism
Contagious Diffusion
Expands to everyone with no initial limitations
Relocation Difussion
Does not change cultures and happens when people move and take with them traits or cultures
Hierarchical Diffusion
Limited at first, spreads through structure systems
Stimulus Diffusion
Changes a culture based on environment
Expansion diffusion
Spreading of traits gaining followers
Formal Region
Region defined by facts (same characteristics like population, language or religion)
Functional (NODAL) Region
Region that has a center place that impacts the surroundings (Airports, gaslines, water towers, etc.)
Perceptual/Vernacular region
Based on people’s opinions (ex. rich areas)
Contemporary
Modern
