Nature and Perspectives Part II

Which of the following do geographers use to compare a variety of spatial data by creating digitized representations of the environment by combining layers of spatial data, and creating maps in which patterns and processes are superimposed?

• GPS
• GIS
• Scale
• Mental Maps

What are mental maps?

• Maps on our minds of places we have been and places we have merely heard of.
• Helps us see general trends 
• Data collected by satellites and aircraft
• Compares a variety of spatial data by creating digitized representations.

A map showing boundaries of countries is what type of map?

• Political
• Physical
• Thematic
• Nothing

A map showing mountains, rivers, oceans, elevation is what type of map?

• Political
• Physical
• Thematic
• Nothing

This map is an example of a . . . 

• Topographic Map
• Political Map
• Thematic Map
• Land Use Map

Identify this map.

• Population density map

• Zoning map

• Road map

• Physical map

Type of Map?

• Topographic
• Weather
• Thematic
• Choropleth

What type of map would best describe the massive human migration that followed the partition of India in 1947?

• a cartogram

• an isoline map

• a dot density map

• a flow-line map

• a choropleth map

On certain maps, the shape of Greenland is accurate, but the size of the island appears to be larger than South America. What is the intentional distortion of Greenland called?

• equal-area projection

• Lambert projection

• Mercator projection

• Robinson projection

• Goode's homolosine projection

The art and science of making maps with the goal of developing maps that accurately and elegantly convey spatial information

• Geography
• Monopoly
• Cartography
• Topography