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Thinking Geographically: Vocab - Part 1

Thinking Geographically: Vocab - Part 1

Assessment

Flashcard

Geography

9th - 12th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Geographers study humans and their environment, analyzing events across space to understand the 'why of where.'

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Spatial Perspective

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Maps showing absolute locations of places and features.

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Reference map

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Maps that tell stories or have a theme, showing the degree of an attribute or the movement of a geographic phenomenon.

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Thematic Map

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Arrangement of something on Earth's surface; observed by concentration, density, and pattern.

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Distribution

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

System to transfer 3D locations on Earth to a 2D map.

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Map Projection

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Inaccuracies from displaying a spherical world on a 2D map.

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Distortion

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Data with locational info like coordinates, address, city, or ZIP code.

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Geospatial Data

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