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APHG-Unit 1 Vocabulary

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Social Studies

9th - 12th Grade

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APHG-Unit 1 Vocabulary
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The distance on a map in relation to distance in actual space; for example, 1 inch on a map might indicate a distance of 100 miles

Map scale

Map legend

Map key

Map projection

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Corresponds to the direction on a compass: north, south, east, west, and combinations such as northeast and southwest

absolute direction

relative direction

cardinal direction

geographical direction

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A map that distorts the geographic shape of an area in order to show the size of a specific variable; the larger the area on a cartogram, the larger the value of the underlying variable

Cartogram

Choropleth

Topographic Map

Geographic Information System

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A geographical unit based on one or more common characteristics or functions

Region

Country

City

Continent

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A software application for capturing, storing, checking, and displaying data related to positions, on Earth's surface; allows the rapid manipulation of geospatial data for problem-solving and research

Geographic Information System (GIS)

Data Management System (DMS)

Spatial Data Analyzer (SDA)

Geospatial Data Framework (GDF)

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A method for representing the surface of Earth or a celestial sphere on a plane surface; all distort some aspect of Earth's surface

Map projection

Geographic Information System (GIS)

Topographic map

Satellite imagery

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The zero-degree longitude line that runs through Greenwich, England

Prime Meridian

Equator

Tropic of Cancer

International Date Line

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