Key question #2

Question 1

Cartography

Answer 1

the science or study of map making

Question 2

map

Answer 2

a flat-scale model of the Earth or part of it

Question 3

absolute location

Answer 3

where something is located exactly

Question 4

relative location

Answer 4

describes a location in relation to other things or places

Question 5

What two ways do geographers use maps

Answer 5

Geographers use maps for a reference tool to determine a places absolute location and relative location. Geographers also use maps as a communication tool to transfer the distribution of physical features or human activities

Question 6

How do the Early world maps progress

Answer 6

The maps progressed because in the the Early World they where only used to get from point A to point B, and they had a very small amount of land but the water features where very accurate due to constant water travel. Later as time went the maps became more advanced and the land features became more accurate due to more exploration

Question 7

Mental maps

Answer 7

a personal version of Spatial information

Question 8

Activity spaces

Answer 8

identifies the area that you travel across your daily routine

Question 9

What are the three ways you use mental maps?

Answer 9

To find your way from point A to point B, organizing and storing information for the future, and a way to make meaning of things.

Question 10

map scale

Answer 10

A tool that shows the distance between two points to compare to the distance on the earth’s surface

Question 11

projection

Answer 11

The scientific method of transferring images of a location on the Earth’s surface onto a flat map

Question 12

prime meridian

Answer 12

A meridian that has the longitude of 0

Question 13

What are the roles of map scales and projection of interpreting maps?

Answer 13

the role of map scales are meant to allow one to see how much distance a area covers on a flat map to the earth’s surface. The role of projection is to say that the flat maps are distorted because the 3D image is not accurately scaled when put on a 2D surface; this results in the size can be changed, the distance can be increased or decreased, and the shape can be distorted

Question 14

What are the three types of map projections?

Answer 14

Cylindrical, conic, and azimuthal.

Question 15

Geographic grid

Answer 15

a system of imaginary drawn arcs drawn like a grid pattern on the surface of the Earth

Question 16

latitude

Answer 16

a geographic coordinate that deals with the north and south position on the surface of the Earth;The distance North and South of the equator.

Question 17

longitude

Answer 17

a geographic coordinate that deals with the east and west position on the surface of the Earth;The measurement of imaginary lines of the distance from the prime meridian

Question 18

parallels

Answer 18

are lines of constant latitude that are east and west circles that are parallel to the equator. The imaginary lines that are parallel to the equator.

Question 19

meridians

Answer 19

Lines going from one pole to another and also connect with the same longitude. A constant circle of longitude that passes through a certain place on the surface of the Earth

Question 20

what are the three major significant lines of latitude and longitude

Answer 20

The major line of latitude is the Equator, and the major line of longitude is the Prime Meridian

Question 21

how do you plot absolute location on the geographic grid using latitude and longitude

Answer 21

You can do this by using the parallels and meridians to find a certain point on a geographic grid of the surface of the earth

Question 22

time zone

Answer 22

a region of the globe that observes the standard of time for commercial, legal, and social purposes

Question 23

UTC

Answer 23

the standard for which most time zones are offset from.

Question 24

GMT

Answer 24

Greenwich Mean Time and is located at the prime meridian

Question 25

daylight savings time

Answer 25

a part of a year that you adjust your clocks by usually a hour

Question 26

standard deviation

Answer 26

adding or subtracting a certain amount of hours from the UTC

Question 27

Describe how geographers calculate standard deviation off of time at UTC.

Answer 27

Geographers are able to calculate standard deviation because the earth is divided into 360 degrees of longitude and 360 divided by 24, 24 comes from the amount of hours in a day, and it gives the product of 15

Question 28

introduction to maps

Answer 28

a map is a 2 dimensional or flat scale model of the earths surface or a portion of it; using absolute and relative location to say where things are

Question 29

mental map

Answer 29

a personal visualization of spatial information; these cane used to tell where things are from point A to point B, Organizing and storing information for future reference, and A way to make meaning

Question 30

interpreting maps

Answer 30

It is the central way geographers organize and analyze information. Maps are also a powerful means of displaying and communicating geographic information, maps use map scales to describe the details the map contains, but the maps can have distortions (Shape,Distance, Relative size, and Direction

Question 31

geographic grid

Answer 31

allows us to pinpoint a absolute location using latitude and longitude

Question 32

telling time

Answer 32

all of the times are set off of the UTC and add or subtract a time from the universal time

Question 33

time zones

Answer 33

follow the boundaries of countries and their subdivisions because it is convenient for areas in close commercial or other communication to keep the same time