Maps
Show and label human created boundaries, such as cities, states, and capitals.
What is a Political Map?
What is Linear Distribution?
The imaginary line that divides the northern and Southern hemisphere.
What is the Equator?
The distance of features above sea level.
What is Elevation?
Show and label physical features, such as mountains, rivers, and bodys of water.
What is a Physical Map?
Phenomena are spread over a large area, such as the distribution of big malls in a city.
What is Dispersed Distibution?
The imaginary lines that help us locate different locations on the globe. East the West.
What are Longitude Lines?
Aplace named especially for a feature or characteristic.
What is a Toponym?
Show and label property lines and details of land ownership.
What is a Plat Map?
Phenomena are equally spaced from a central point, forming a circle.
What is Circular Distribution?
The imaginary lines that help us find locations on the globe. North the South.
What are Latitude Lines?
A relation of where something is in comparison to others.
What is Relative Location?
Show spatial aspects or information of a phenomenon.
What is a thematic map?
Phenomena arranged regularly, such as the squares or blocks formed in the Midwest.
What is Geometric Distribution?
A geographic coordinate system at which longitude is defined to be 0°.
What is the Prime Meridean?
The precise of where something is according to a map.
What is Absolute Location?
Shows data by color, shades, or patterns.
What is a Choropleth Map?
Phenomena that appear to have no order to their position.
What is Random Distribution?
The international line that is between the north and south poles and is the boundary between one calendar day and the next.
What is the International Date Line?
A way of presenting numerical data cartographically.
What is an Isoline Map.