APHG Key Issues 1: Thinking Geographically

Scale is…                                     

• the system used by geographers to transfer locations  from a globe to a map
• the extent of spread of a phenomenon over a given area
•  the difference in elevation between two points in an area
•  the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape

What is it called when you take a 3D image and put it onto a 2D surface?

• Cartogram
• Projection
• Globe
• Instagram

Which of the following shows places on the Earth's surface the most accurately?

• thematic maps
• globes
• general-purpose maps
• physical maps

The science of making maps

• cartography
• cartographer
• distortion

The change in size, shape, direction, or distance of something once a globe is converted to a map. 

• Cartography
• map
• distortion
• scale

According to the surviving evidence, the first person to write the word geography was

• Thucydides

• Eratosthenes

• Strabo

• Kevin Sorbo

Lines called _____________ and ____________ combine to form the "global grid," and are used to identify absolute location. CHOOSE TWO!

• parallels

• meridians

• coordinates

• topographic

Global Positioning Systems (GPS) rely upon satellites orbiting the Earth to help us accurately identify the ____________ location of a place on earth.

• Nominal

• Relative

• Cognitive

• Absolute

Which of the following is a computer system that captures, stores, analyzes, and displays data; storing information in layers and presenting an overall image?

• GIS

• Local-global continuum

• U.S. Census tracting

• GPS

The prime meridian is what degree of longitude?

• 0 degrees

• 45 degrees

• 90 degrees

• 120 degrees