Map Flashcards

(32 cards)

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Canada’s rank in the world in term of size

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2nd, 9,992,00 km

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Canada population

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35 million

Ranked 35th in the world

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Countries population density

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Population/area

Canada 35,000,000/9,992,00= 3.5 people/km

Monoco 16,000 people per km

Ranked 228th in the world

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4
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Per capita GDP

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Measure wealth
Ranked 10th
Gross domestic product

Value of the goods and services produced in a year

Per capita means per person

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5
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Heraldry

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Practice of designing, displaying decribing and recording a coat of arms and heraldic badges

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Map projection

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Method used to transfer features of the globe onto the flat surface of a map

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Mercator projection distort size of countries

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Due to the lines of longitude being straight it enlarges the territory’s farther away from the equator

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National geographic projection

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Winkel triple

Compromise of all types of distortions

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9
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RF scale small scale map

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1:250 000 and up 1:50 000 000

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What is Geography

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The study of the earths physical and human systems and the relationships among them.

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What type of area would a large scale map show? Small scale

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Large amount of detail small area, small amount of detail large area

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General purpose map

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Bodies of water, towns, highways, towns

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Tops graphic map

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Shows features on the earths surface-elevation, forestry, sewage

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14
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Compass rose

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A compass showing a direction on a map

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15
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Cardinal points known as

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N, E, S,

Secondary are ordinal points
Ne se sw nw

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16
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Compass bearings help determine direction

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Measure the angle of direction in relation to north

17
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What direction

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0 north
90 east
180 south
270 west

18
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Alphanumeric grid

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Uses letters numbers to identity specific squares in a grid pattern

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Map grid ( military grid)

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Blue lines on a topograpic map
Vertical lines called eastings measure east to west

Horizontal lines called northings measure north to south

Uses 6 digits

20
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0 longitude

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Prime meridian

21
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0 latitude

22
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Distance between each degree of latitude

23
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Earth time zones

24
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How many degrees of longitude cover one time zone

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360 divided by 24= 15 degrees

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The time zone prime meridian
UT time universal time
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Canada time zones
6
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International dateline at degree of longitude
180 east/west of prime meridian
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What direction are you going when you add or lose a day going over the international date line
If crossing west add a day East loss a day West add east lose
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Day we change clocks
Fall back fist week November | Spring forward 2nd Sunday in March
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GPS
Orbiting satellites at least 3 are needed send radio signals to the earth to calculate the latitude and longitude
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What's the purpose of the international dateline
If you sail around the world you used to return home a day ahead or behind the people that stayed home
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Contour Interval
A contour interval is the vertical distance or difference in elevation between contour lines