Map Skills
Charts and Graphs
Human Characteristics
Culture
Religion
Government
Economy
HEI
100
Description of a place's location in relation to other places.
Relative Location
100
Chart used to show different parts of a whole
Circle (pie) chart
100
The percentage of a country's people who can read and write
Literacy Rate
100
Cultural Traits
Characteristics or traits of a certain culture
100
Religion founded on the life and teachings of Jesus
Christianity
100
Government run by the people
Democracy
100
Market Economy
Based on supply and demand
100
What does HEI stand for?
Human Environment Interaction
200
a special kind of thematic map in which boundaries are based on some statistic other than land area
Cartogram
200
Which type of movie is the least watched?
Drama
200
What is the difference between developed and developing countries?
Developing countries - weak economy, low quality of life
Developed countries - strong economy, high quality of life
200
McDonalds in Germany
Cultural Diffusion
200
A religion native to India, featuring belief in many gods and reincarnation
Hinduism
200
People have the supreme power to elect leaders
Republic
200
Secondary Industry
Level of the economy that includes manufactured or processed goods. (construction workers, factory workers, etc.)
200
Changing something about the environment
ex. cutting down forests, mining, etc.
Modification
300
Imaginary lines that run east and west on a map or globe
Latitude
300
What type of graph is best for showing change over time?
Line Graph
300
Number of babies who die before age 1
Infant Mortality Rate
300
The spread and mixing of cultural traits from one region to another
cultural diffusion
300
Polytheistic
belief in many gods
300
Monarch (king or queen) is head of state but shares power with a constitutional organized government
Constitutional Monarchy
300
Command Economy
government controls the country's economic activities
300
Desertification
the process of fertile land becoming desert
400
Tool used to measure the distance between two points on a map
Scale
400
Shows the distribution of different age/gender groups in a population
population pyramid
400
Number of years an average person is expected to live
Life Expectancy
400
a location where all of the beliefs and traditions spread
cultural hearth
400
do not believe in any god
atheistic
400
Monarch (king or queen) has complete control
Absolute Monarchy
400
Economy based on trading, bartering, and farming
Traditional Economy
400
the theory that plates on the earth's surface are constantly moving
plate tectonics
500
Shows boundaries/borders of countries
Political Map
500
How many students play soccer according to the graph?
9
500
the average number of people living within a square mile or a square kilometer
Population Density
500
All of us being in a classroom together while having different cultures.
cultural diversity
500
A religion with a belief in one god. It originated with Abraham and the Hebrew people.
Judaism
500
What is North Korea, Cuba, and Myanmar's government system?
dictatorship
500
Level of the economy involved in selling goods and providing services. (waiters, store employees, teachers, nurses, lawyers, etc.)
Tertiary Industry
500
Changing yourself based on the environment you live in
Adaptation
600
Shows geographic features such as mountains, lakes, deserts, etc.
Physical Map
600
Used to measure temperature and precipitation of a location
climograph
600
The average income a person makes within a specific country
Per Capita Income
600
Ethnic Group
a group of people that share a common culture
600
A religion based on the teachings of Prophet Muhammad
Islam
600
one person has complete control
Dictatorship
600
level of the economy that makes direct use of natural resources (farmers, miners, lumberjacks, etc.)
Primary Industry
600
power that is generated from moving water
hydropower
700
A place's exact location.
Absolute Location
700
What type of graph is most often used for comparing
Bar graph
700
Total value of all goods and services produced in a country in a year
GDP (Gross Domestic Product)
700
Many cultural traits in the same area
cultural diversity
700
Belief in one God
Monotheistic
700
What is the USA's government system?
democracy/republic
700
Both the government and the people have control over economic activities
Mixed Market Economy
700
Deforestation
the clearing and removal of trees over a large area