Maps
This is the art & science of mapmaking
What is Cartography?
nations with a gross national income (GNI) per capita of $1,045 or less, as classified by the World Bank
What is a low income country?
A pyramid-shaped diagram illustrating the age distribution of a population
What is a population pyramid?
The movement of people from one place to another with the intent to settle permanently or temporarily in a new location
What is migration?
Free time during which people can relax or engage in activities they enjoy outside of work or essential duties
What is Leisure?
The relationship between the map distance & actual earth distance
What is scale?
the pattern of where people live
What is population distribution?
nations with a GNI of $1,086 to $13,205
What is a middle income country?
Reasons to leave where you live & reasons to move to a new location
What is the push-pull factor?
Travel away from home for leisure, recreation, or cultural purposes, typically involving an overnight stay
What is tourism?
This map type highlights a particular feature depending on the variable
What is a thematic map?
the concentration of individuals within a species in a specific geographic location
the age a person can expect to live based on statistical average for an area
What is life expectancy?
120 million - 43 million refugees & 68 million IDPs were displaced in 2020 due to situations out of their control
What is forced migration?
Large-scale tourism involving large numbers of people visiting popular destinations
What is mass tourism?
This map shows almost a 3D model like visual with contour lines of elevation
What is a topographic map?
the process of growth, or changing from one condition to another
What is Development?
the probability of a child born in a specific year or period dying before reaching the age of one
What is infant mortality rate?
This is a place of refuge for those that have been displaced due to situations out of their control
Physical activities or games that are competitive or recreational, often organized at individual, team, or professional levels
What is sport?
This map provides different sizes of symbols to depict intensity of its subject
What is a proportional symbol?
nations experiencing growth and industrialization, showing a transformation from low income to a more developed economic structure
What is emerging economies?
the average number of children a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period
What is total fertility rate?
This is one of the largest factors as to why people choose to migrate location
What is rural to urban living?
Environmentally responsible travel aimed at conserving natural areas and supporting local communities
What is ecotourism?