Geographical Tools & Skills
What do we use to see where places are?
What is a map?
Types of maps include..?
reference maps and thematic maps
What is used by the US government to calculate the population every 10 years?
the census
What is a "place"?
a location that has specific physical and cultural attributes
What is the science of making maps?
cartography
What is an example of geospatial technologies?
GIS, satellite navigation systems, online mapping, ex.
What is an example of the spatial patterns represented on maps?
absolute and relative distance or direction, clustering, dispersal, and elevation?
What is the term for the rate at which a population increases or decreases in a year?
population growth rate
What are the different regions?
formal, functional, and vernacular regions
What is factual information used for reasoning, calculation, etc?
data
What is it called when we look how places and things are spread out on Earth?
Spatial analysis
All maps do what?
distort spatial relationships like shape and distance
What decision making is population data used for?
government decisions at the local, regional, or national scale
What is distortion?
the difficulty to display Earth's round shape on a flat surface
What is the diminished importance of a thing as you increase distance from its origin?
Distance-decay
What are the basic scales?
local, regional, national, global
What's an example of a map projection?
a Mercator Projection, Robinson Projection, etc.?
What can be used to view populations from above/space?
geospatial technology
What are latitude and longitude?
invisible lines running parallel on Earth's surface used to determine a exact location on Earth
What is the use of Earth's resources in a way that doesn't limit use in the future?
Sustainability
What do we call a computer program that helps us see where things are on Earth?
GIS (Geographic Information System)
What are all the basic thematic maps?
choropleth, dot map, isoline, graduated symbol
What is environmental possibilism vs determinism?
In possibilism humans modify the environment to suit their needs while determinism is the idea that the environment sets limits on humans
What is Time-Space compression?
the reduction in "distance" from two points on Earth as technology increases
What is the name given to a portion of Earth's surface?
a toponym