APHG-Unit 1 Flashcard

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Corresponds to the direction on a compass: north, south, east, west, and combinations such as northeast and southwest

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Absolute direction

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Distance that can be measured with a standard unit of length, such as a foot, yard, mile, or kilometer

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Absolute distance

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Precise position on Earth's surface

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Absolute location

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Where a person goes and what he or she does on a day-to-day basis

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Activity space

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Remote-sensing photography that produces fine-grained, high-resolution, highly detailed images

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Aerial photography

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A region where cultural markers overlap and blend into a recognizable border culture

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Border zone

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A map that distorts the geographic shape of an area in order to show the size of a specific variable; the larger the area on a cartogram, the larger the value of the underlying variable

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Cartogram

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A person who makes maps

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cartographer

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An official count or survey of a population typically recording various details about individuals, such as age, sex, and race

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Census

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A thematic map that shows data aggregated for a specific geographic area, often using different colors to represent different values

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Choropleth map