Vocab
The study of earth's physical features and how they affect people
What is geography
Shows value or characteristic by using different colors
What is a Choropleth Map?
A specific or relative spot
What is lcoation?
a place's exact place on Earth, often given in terms of latitude and longitude
What is absolute location?
A map that changes the physical size of an area to display a characteristic
What is a Cartogram Map?
distinguishes different cultures and broader areas
What is place?
The side of a mountain that does not receive precipitation.
What is leeward side?
A map where each dot has an assigned value, the more dots the more a characteristic is prevalent
What is a Dot Density map?
how humans interact with what's around them
What are relationships within a place?
a network of satellites and receiving devices used to determine the location of something on Earth
What is GPS?
A map that shows distribution through the use of color. “Hotter” means more exists
What is a heat map?
of people from place to place
What is movement?
a computer system that analyzes and displays geographically referenced information.
What is GIS?
Uses shades to imply density or higher quantity
What is Quantitative Symbology/Color Ramp map?
identified by cultures and topography
What is a region?