APHUG Unit 1 Vocabulary

describing how far a distance is quantitative units of distance (miles, kilometers, etc.)

• Absolute distance

• Projection

• Reference Map

• Relative distance

a method of taking a 3D object and putting in on a 2D plane

• Absolute distance

• projection

• Reference Map

• Relative distance

maps that emphasizes the location of places (without data attached)

• Reference Map

• projections

• Relative distance

• Spatial distribution

describing the distance between locations using qualitative terms or non-traditional measurements of distance (one hour north of)

• Absolute distance

• Spatial distribution

• Spatial interaction

• Relative distance

arrangement of a phenomenon across the Earth's surface

• Absolute distance

• Relative distance

• Spatial distance

• Spatial interaction

the flow of goods, people, or information among places, in response to localized supply and demand

• Absolute distance

• Relative distance

• Spatial distance

• Spatial interaction

map that shows elevation, mountains, rivers, etc.

• political map

• physical map

• isoline map

• choropleth map

map that shows countries, cities, and capital countries.

• political map

• physical map

• isoline map

• choropleth map

map that uses continuous lines that join areas of the same value

• political map

• physical map

• isoline map

• choropleth map

map that uses shading to indicate the strength of a variable

• political map

• physical map

• isoline map

• choropleth map