Unit 1 Geography Vocab Quiz

What is the term for the precise spot where something is according to the system of longitude and latitude?

• Relative location

• Absolute location

• Relative distance

• Absolute distance

Which type of map uses various colors, shades of one color, or patterns to show the location and distribution of spatial data?

• Political map

• Choropleth map

• Dot distribution map

• Physical map

What is the term for the arrangement of things equally spaced from a central point?

• Clustered distribution

• Linear distribution

• Circular distribution

• Dispersed distribution

Which map type shows and labels human-made boundaries and designations?

• Physical map

• Political map

• Topographic map

• Isoline map

What is the term for the nearness of things based on exact measurements in feet, miles, meters, or kilometers?

• Relative distance

• Absolute distance

• Relative location

• Absolute location

What type of map uses contour lines to represent elevation and terrain?

• Political map

• Topographic map

• Choropleth map

• Isoline map

Spread out over a large area

• Dispersed distribution

• Random distribution

• Physical map

• Graduated Symbol map

Which type of map uses dots to represent the presence or quantity of a feature?

• Choropleth map

• Dot distribution map

• Isoline map

• Political map

What is the term for a map that shows the physical features of an area, such as mountains, rivers, and lakes?

• Political map

• Physical map

• Topographic map

• Choropleth map

the way the map communicates the ratio of its size to the size of what it represents

• geometric distribution

• cartographic scale

• random distribution

• relative distance