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Worksheets1.1 Introduction to Maps - vocabulary
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
What kind of map is shown in the image?
Physical Map
Graduated Symbol Map
Political Map
Cartogram Map
Dot Distribution Map
Which types of maps are designed for people to refer to for general information about places?
Thematic
Graduated Symbol
Dot Distribution
Cartogram
Reference
A map showing landmarks such as landforms, deserts, mountains and plains.
Political
Physical
Elevation
Population
What type of map is this?
climate map
economic resource map
physical map
political map
topographic map
What type of map is this?
climate map
economic resource map
physical map
political map
topographic map
scale of analysis
cartographic scale
The study of spatial characteristics of various elements of the environment
physical geography
human geography
Four-level analysis
theortical geography
The study of the spatial characteristics of humans and human activities
human geography
thematic geography
human relations and sociology
four-level analysis
Comprehension, identification, explanation and prediction are
Four-level anaysis
Analysis theory
models of geography
nonspatial models
The idea that tings near each other are more closely connected or related than things that are far apart
time-distance decay
time-space compression
spatial relationships
applying concepts and processes
The arrangement of things being studied
spatial patterns
time-distance decay
quantitative data
geospatial data
Any information that can be measured and recorded using numbers such as total number of immigrants.
Quantitative data
Qualitative data
Zip code, latitude, longitude and addresses are examples of
geospatial data
Qualitative data
locations
data driven models
Data that is collected from interviews, photographs, remote sensing satellite images and observation
Qualitative data
Quantitative data
looking at information at the local, regional, country or global scale
scales of analysis
Qualitative sources
cartographic scale
Spatial relationships
Show and label highways, streets, and alleys
political map
physical map
road map
plat map
Show and label property lines and details of land ownership
politcal map
physical map
road map
plat map
Maps showing spatial aspects of information or of a phenomenon
Thematic maps
reference maps
political maps
physical maps
Maps that show the specifc location and distribution of something across a map using dots
dot distribution map
Graduated Symbol Map
Choropleth map
isoline map
Maps using symbols of different sizes to indicate different amounts of something
choropleth map
dot distribution map
graduated symbol map
Isoline map
Map that uses lines that connect points if equal value to depict variation in the data across space
Choropleth map
Graduated symbol map
dot distribution map
Isoline map
A map that uses size to demonstrate statistics of a place
Topographic map
Cartogram map
Chorlopleth map
Reference map
A map that shows a larger amoutn of area with less detail, ex: globe
small-scale map
large-scale map
Map that shows a smaller amount of area with a greater amount of detail. Ex: city map
small-scale map
large-scale map
The precise spot where something is according to a system such as GPS
Absolute location
Prime meridan
direction
Date line
The distance north or south of the equator. Lines running parallel to the equator
latitude
longitude
equator
prime meridian
The distance east or west of the prime meridian. Parallel to the prime meridian
longitude
lattitude
absolute location
relative location
An imaginary line that circles the globe exactly halfway between the North and South Pole. Sits at 0 degrees latitude.
equator
prime meridian
international date line
cartographic scale
An imaginaty line that runs from pole to pole through Greenwich, England. 0 degrees longitude.
prime meridian
equator
international date line
direction
The opposite side of the globe from the prime meridian. Roughly, 180 degrees longitude.
Equator
International date line
cartographic scale
cardinal direction
A description of where something is in relation to other things.
relative location
absolute location
site
direction
How well two locations are tied together by roads or other links
connectivity
accessibility
relative location
scale
How quickly and easily people in one location can interact with people in another location.
accessibility
connectivity
relative location
scale
Distance measured in terms of feet, miles, kilometers
absolute distance
relative distance
The degree of nearness based on time or money.
absolute distance
relative distance
How high something is above sea level.
elevation
absolute distance
relative distance
pattern
The way a phenomenon (something) is spread out over an area
distribution
elevation
distance
time-space compression
Arranged in a group or concentrated area
clustered or agglomerated
distribution
linear distribution
dispersed distribution
geometric distribution
Phenomena arranged in a straight line, such as the distribution of towns along a railroad line
clustered distribution
agglomerated distribution
linear distribution
geometric distribution
Which map projection?
Mercator
Peters
Conic
Robinson
Which map projection?
Mercator
Peters
Conic
Robinson
Which map projections?
Mercator
Peters
Conic
Robinson
Which map projection?
Mercator projection
Peters Projection
Conic Projection
Robinson projection
