Map Skills Review (Types of Maps)

What is cartography?

• The study of geography

• The study of Earth's surface

• The study of maps

• The science of map making

What are the two MAIN types of maps?

• Thematic and Political

• Thematic and Reference

• Political and Topography

• Weather and Topography

What does a thematic map show?

• Historical events
• Population growth rates
• Economic forecasts
• Specific themes/subjects along with information and data

What does a reference map display?

• Location of spatial phenomena to show where things are

• Historical events
• Geographical features
• Population data

What are the 5 types of Thematic maps?

• Choropleth, Contour, Graduated Symbol, Dot Density, Cartogram

• Cartogram, Dot Density, Graduated Symbol, Contour, Reference,

• Choropleth, Contour, Dot Density, Cartogram. Longitude

• Latitude, Graduated Symbol, Dot Density, Reference, Physical

Thematic or Reference?

• Reference

• Thematic

Thematic or Reference

• Thematic

• Reference

A cartogram is a map that...

• shows the actual geographic area of regions accurately
• uses a 3D representation of the Earth
• only displays political boundaries
• distorts the geographic area of regions based on a specific variable

Dot Density maps are....

• Charts that display population data
• Maps that use squares instead of dots
• Thematic maps that use dots of the same size to represent certain data and show the intensity of the feature

• Visualizations that represent elevation changes

Contour maps use lines to...

• highlight political boundaries on a map
• indicate temperature changes on a map
• show population density across a region

• • represent quantities of equal value