Geography Review Unit Vocabulary

The four primary directions on a map - north, east, south, west.

• Topographic Map

• Map

• Intermediate Directions

• Cardinal Directions

1. Map showing natural and human-made features of the land, and marked by contour lines showing elevation.

• Topographic Map

• Point Symbol Map

• Choropleth Map

1. Representation in which the size of the region is related to the attribute being represented rather than land area. 

• Political Map

• Cartogram Map

• Proportional Symbol Map

1. Projections designed to illustrate a specific issue, topic, or idea. Common types are point symbol, dot density and proportional symbol.

• Thematic Map

• Political Map

• Choropleth Map

 Representation of statistical data, such as population, over a specific area using colors or patterns to represent intensity of data.

• Topographic Map

• Point Symbol Map

• Choropleth Map

1. The relationship of distance on the map to that same distance on the earth.

• Scale

• Legend/Key

• Cardinal Directions

• Compass Rose

1. The natural inaccuracy of a map due to putting a 3-dimensional sphere on a 2-dimensional projection.

• projection

• distortion

• map

• scale

1. Representation of spatial information using dots to represent the number of people, characteristics, or actions in a specific area.

• Dot Density Map

• Topographic Map

• Choropleth Map

1. Method by which shapes on a globe are transferred to a flat surface.

• Map

• Distortion

• Projection

• Scale

 Thematic map that uses map symbols that vary in size to represent a quantitative variable.

• Cartogram Map

• Proportional Symbol Map

• Thematic Map