The study of maps and the science of making them.
Cartography
A government in which a smal group of elite people rule over others.
Oligarchy
What are the three branches of the U.S. Government?
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
Some people may have reasons to not answer a poll honestly. What can the poll do to try to help people be more truthful.
Make the poll anonymous
What is the difference between De Jure and De Facto?
What geographic features do humans tend to settle around?
Rivers
Flat Terrain
Coasts
A system of government in which people directly vote on policies.
Direct Democracy
Changes made to the constitution. They usually pertain to people's rights.
Amendments
How the data in a poll is collected and weighted. A good poll will have a link see it.
Methodology
Type of rights that are guaranteed by virtue of being a citizen of a political space.
Civil Rights
A system that measures the globe in degrees used to accurately find a position.
Longitude and Latitude
A form of government in which people vote for officials to represent them and vote for them.
Republic
Electoral College
A small group meant to represent a larger population.
Sample
Which part of the constitution gives people the right to free speech, religion, and press.
1st Amendment
The distortion of a map of Earth that occurs when representing a round space as a flat space.
Projection
What are the three types of Monarchy?
Absolute
Theocratic
Constitutional
How often does the redistricting of states happen?
Every 10 years
Polls are not 100% accurate. A good poll will tell you this numerical value estimating how accurate the data might actually be.
Which part of the constitution gives people protection from unwarranted searches or seizures of their property?
4th Amendment
What are the elements of a "good" map? (There are 9)
Title
Orientation
Date
Author
Legend
Scale
Index
Grid
Source
The lack of formal government
(sometimes, but does not always, mean chaos)
Anarchy
The act of redistricting in a way that gives on political party an advantage.
Gerrymandering
According to polls what was the number one issue for most people in this election?
Which part of the constitution gives people the right to remain silent as to not incriminate themselves?
5th Amendment