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Question 1

politcal maps

Answer 1

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

Question 2

reference maps

Answer 2

political maps, physical maps, road maps, plat maps

Question 3

road maps

Answer 3

show and label highways, streets, and alleys.

Question 4

physical maps

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Spatial patterns

Answer 5

general arrangements of things being studied, the repeated sequences of events, and processes that create them.

Question 6

plat maps

Answer 6

show and label property lines and details of land ownership.

Question 7

thematic Maps

Answer 7

Maps that focus on specific themes/ phenomena.

Question 8

list the thematic Maps

Answer 8

Choropleth maps, Dot distribution maps, Graduated symbol maps , Isoline maps, Topographic maps

Question 9

Isoline maps

Answer 9

( use of lines to connect points of equal value)

Question 10

Topographic maps

Answer 10

points of equal elevation connected on maps

Question 11

Graduated symbol maps

Answer 11

( use symbols of different sizes to indicate different amounts of things)

Question 12

Dot distribution maps

Answer 12

(show specific location and distribution of something across a map)

Question 13

Choropleth maps

Answer 13

(use various colors, shades of one color, or patterns to show the location and distribution of spatial data)

Question 14

three types of scales

Answer 14

Cartographic scale, Small scale, and large scale.

Question 15

small scale

Answer 15

Map that shows a large area with little details.

Question 16

large scale

Answer 16

A large scale map shows a small area with lots of details. Typically used for maps of cities and neighborhoods.

Question 17

cartographic scale

Answer 17

The ratio of a distance on Earth compared to the same distance on a map.

Question 18

What are spatial patterns?

Answer 18

Spatial patterns are general arrangement of phenomena on a map.

Question 19

What is absolute location?

Answer 19

precise spot where something is located.

Question 20

What are the TWO global grid lines used to pinpoint absolute location?

Answer 20

longitude and latitude

Question 21

What is latitude?

Answer 21

The distance from north or south of the equator.

Question 22

What is longitude?

Answer 22

The distance east or west of the prime meridian.

Question 23

What is an equator?

Answer 23

An imaginary line that circles the globe precisely halfway between the north and south poles.

Question 24

What is the Prime Meridian? (zero degrees)

Answer 24

An imaginary line that runs from both poles that separates the eastern and western hemisphere.

Question 25

international data line

Answer 25

It is the line between the South and North poles that is the boundary between one calendar day and the next. Passes through the pacific ocean

Question 26

What is the relative location?

Answer 26

Description of where something is in relation to other things.

Question 27

Can relative location change?

Answer 27

Yes, overtime it can change. An example of relative location changing would be ghost twins of the western united states that once had location near water sources, that are all dried up now.

Question 27

What is direction?

Answer 27

Direction describes where things are in relation to each other.

Question 28

Can absolute location change?

Answer 28

No, it is a fixed position that never changes.

Question 29

What is distance?

Answer 29

Measurement of how far or how near things are to one another.

Question 30

What is absolute distance?

Answer 30

Distance measured in either feet, miles, meters, or kilometers.

Question 31

What is relative distance?

Answer 31

The measure of social, economic, and cultural relatedness between point A and point B.

Question 32

What is elevation?

Answer 32

The distance of features above sea level. (usually measured in feet or meters)

Question 33

What is distribution?

Answer 33

The way a phenomenon is spread out over an area.

Question 34

What are patterns? .

Answer 34

General arrangement of things

Question 35

What are 6 types of distribution patterns?

Answer 35

Clustered or agglomerated Dispersed Geometric Random Circular Linear

Question 36

Why are all maps distorted?

Answer 36

All maps are somewhat distorted because they are flat, unlike the earth that is sphere shaped.

Question 37

What is the purpose of a map projection?

Answer 37

To help minimize the distortion as much as possible while making maps.

Question 38

What is the purpose of the Mercator projection?

Answer 38

Navigation

Question 39

What is the strength of the Peters projection?

Answer 39

The sizes of land masses are accurate.

Question 40

What is the distortion of the conic projection?

Answer 40

The direction on the map is not constant and the longitude line's coverage is only one pole.

Question 41

What FOUR distortions are there in the Robinson projection?

Answer 41

Area, shape, size, and directions