Chapter One: Studying Geography

Elevation maps show the average temperature and precipitation in a place.

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Geographers might study how a new nuclear power plant would affect the surrounding ecosystem.

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Population maps often contain vertical exaggeration.

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Cartography is the study of weather patterns.

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A climate and precipitation map of the U.S. would be valuable in choosing the location for a new outdoor theme park.

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The Western U. S. is an example of a functional region

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The scale of a map determines the level of detail that can be presented.

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There six continents of Earth

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All maps have distortion.

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The world's largest geographic feature is Asia.

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