What is the term for the distance between two points, communicated using precise quantitative units of measurement?

• Absolute Distance

• Relative Distance

• Linear Scale

• Perceptual Distance

What is the term for the precise place where something can be found, often described using latitude and longitude coordinates?

• Absolute Location

• Relative Location

• Region

• Place

What is the term for a map where the sizes of places are distorted in order to represent some specific statistic?

• Cartogram

• Topographic map

• Political map

• Choropleth map

What is the art and science of mapmaking – representing a geographic area on a flat surface called?

• Cartography

• Topography

• Geology

• Meteorology

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

• Choropleth Map

• Topographic Map

• Dot Distribution Map

• Isoline Map

What is the descriptor for when there is a high level of density and a low level of distribution of data?

• Clustered

• Dispersed

• Random

• Uniform

What is the term for the following definition? A map projection used primarily for regional mapping, as size and shape are preserved but direction is very distorted due to latitude lines converging at only one pole.

• Conic Projection

• Mercator Projection

• Azimuthal Projection

• Cylindrical Projection

What is the term for the following definition? How often or how much something occurs within a space.

• Density

• Velocity

• Volume

• Frequency

What is the term for the following definition? A descriptor for when there is a low level of density due to a high level of distribution.

• Dispersed

• Clustered

• Concentrated

• Aggregated

What is the term for the following definition? The theory that the interaction between two places decreases as the distance between them increases.

• Distance Decay

• Central Place Theory

• Gravity Model

• Spatial Diffusion