THE BASICS
MAP FEATURES
SCALE
PROJECTIONS
GUESS THE MAP
100
Exact location of place on mathematical grid of the earth divided by two sets of imaginary arcs
What is absolute location
100
Isoline, cartogram, choropleth, proportional symbol (circle) and dot.
What are thematic maps
100
The larger scale: 1:500 or 1:50,000
What is 1:500
100
Picture 1
What is the Robinson Projection
100
Picture 1
What is 7000 rivers that feed into the Mississippi
200
Measures distance in 15o increments east and west of the prime meridian
What is Longitude (Meridians)
200
Emphasizes geographic location of features, displays variety of information
What is type
200
Large denominator, large area
What is small scale
200
Picture 2
What is Mollweide Projection
200
Picture 2
What is most attractive citizens
300
This German defined geography as study of interrelated spatial patterns
Who is Immanuel Kant
300
Representation of the Earth’s surface (three dimensional) on a two-dimensional flat surface.
What is Projection
300
Small denominator, small area (shows detail)
What is large scale
300
Picture 3
What is Sinusoidal Projection
300
Picture 3
What is Days fishing per year
400
Where something is compared to other human and physical features on the landscape
What is relative location
400
Maps that omit, exaggerate and are distorted to show something specific.
What is simplification
400
Which scale is larger 1:2 or 1:4
What is 1:4
400
Picture 4
What is Mercator Projections
400
Picture 4
What is diarrheal related deaths
500
Measures distance north and south of the equator
What is Latitude (Parallels)
500
Mathematical relationship (ratio) between size of an area on a map and its actual size on the surface of the earth
What is Scale
500
Which scale is largest on slide 98
What is 1:1,000,000 (bottom right)
500
Picture 5
What is Peters Projection
500
Picture 5
What is obesity percentage per state
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