1.6 Flashcards
What is small scale
Zoomed OUT
Large Scale
ZOOMED IN
What are the types of scales
Global scale: whole world
Regional: continents
National: country
Local: state and city
What is scale?
How zoomed in/out a map is
Scale of Analysis
What the map is showing
Types of scale of analysis
Local: shows differences in states
National: shows differences in countries
Regional: shows differences in regions
Global: shows patterns amongst the whole world, no boundaries
2 questions to ask when you looking at a map
What is the geographic scale of the map
What is the scale of analysis
What is thinking glocally?
Thinking of other cultures
Acting globally and locally
Physiological density
Population divided by arable land
Arithmetic density
Population divided by total land
Agricultural density
Farmers divided by arable land
