VOCAB LIST #1 PART 2

Question 1

Process of monitoring an area by radiation at a distance

Answer 1

remote sensing

Question 2

a computer system that analyzes and displays geographically referenced information

Answer 2

GIS

Question 3

are typically used to show counts or totals and can be used to visualize classed or unclassed data.

Answer 3

PROPORTIONAL SYMBOL MAP

Question 4

Uses different shapes to tell information

Answer 4

CARTOGRAM MAP

Question 5

lines drawn on a map connecting data points of the same value.

Answer 5

ISOLINE MAP

Question 6

focuses on the spatial variability of a specific distribution (population density)

Answer 6

THEMATIC MAP

Question 7

defines the boundary between calendar dates

Answer 7

INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE

Question 8

the line of 0 longitude, the starting point for measuring distance both east and west around the Earth

Answer 8

PRIME MERIDIAN

Question 9

the measurement east or west of the prime meridian

Answer 9

longitude

Question 10

the measurement of distance north or south of the Equator

Answer 10

latitude

Question 11

The process of projecting a curved surface on a flat plane is called projection.

Answer 11

projection

Question 12

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

Answer 12

map scale

Question 13

a place that people believe exists as a part of their cultural identity

Answer 13

perceptual (perspective)

Question 14

Area organized around an intersection point

Answer 14

functional region

Question 15

Everyone shares one or more distinctive characteristics

Answer 15

formal region