World Cultures Quiz #1 - Sheet1 Flashcards
Identity
who a person is
identifiers
make up our identity
intersectionality
the idea that we hold many identities in our lives
Geography
the study of human and non-human features
distortion
loss of accuracy, size, or position
scale
a tool size of something in real life
projection
a way to show the Earth on a flat surface
cardinal directions
N, S, E, W
intermediate directions
in between cardinal directions (NE, SW)
Equator
0° latitude imaginary line drawn around Earth’s surface
Prime Meridian
0° longitude
What is a problem that occurs from using a flat map?
There is distortion in area, distance, direction, and shape.
What is an azimuthal map projection?
Made by projecting a globe onto a flat surface that touches the globe at one point such as the North Pole
What is a conic map projection?
when a map is projected like a cone with longitude lines straight and latitude lines curved and looks like a cone
What is a cylindrical map projection?
when you project a map onto a cylinder that touches Earth’s surface along the Equator
