Almanac
Graphs and Maps
Careers
Tools and Skills
Other
100
percentage of adult population that is literate
What is Literacy Rate
100
Distrubution, mobility, and cartograms
What are the thematic map types?
100
Map maker
What is a cartographer?
100
a college education and good computer skills ( and writing skills)
What are a geographers qualifications
100
For comparisons
What is the use of a Bar graph
200
The age that adults of a specific place are expected to live
What is Life Expectancy?
200
Atlas
What is a collection of maps?
200
a geographer who designs cities
What is an urban planner
200
uses satilites to locate where you are
What is a GPS (Global Positioning system)
200
Landforms and water ways, the terain
What do physical maps show us?
300
human develpment index; measure of a well being
What is HDI?
300
Because the Earth is round and maps are flat
Why are maps always distorted?
300
a geographer who studies climate ( long range weather patterns)
What is a climatoligist
300
Computer System orbiting Earth; used for cell phones, GPS, photos, etc.
What is a satellite
300
DAILY DOUBLE- The US uses this satilite to forecast weather
What is GOES
400
up to date information on countries around the world
What is an almanac?
400
a thematic map that shows how something is spread out
What is a distrubution map?
400
a geographer who chooses the best place to put a new buisness
What is a location analyst
400
overlays various maps to help geographers locate the best postion to build a new place
What is GIS (Geographic information system)
400
transportation maps (road, subway, etc.)
What is a mobility map?
500
Gross domestic product; total amount of money made (per person) per a specific area
What is GDP per capita?
500
To show percentages/parts of a whole
When do we use pie graphs?
500
a geographer who measures the land
What is a surveyor
500
A set of satilites that orbit 100 miles above Earth to collect images and data
What is Landsat?
500
disorts the size/shape of places to show data
What is a cartogram?
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