Map projections
Map projection that distorts size, but keeps direction constant.
What is the Mercator Projection?
This terms means an area with more than one distinct characteristic.
What is a region?
This map uses color to show data.
What is a Choropleth Map?
These maps are used as reference tools (used to find something).
What is a Reference Map?
This terms means how much detail you are showing on your map.
What is Scale?
All maps all have some sort of this term that means "to mess up".
What is Distortion?
This type of region is based around a center point.
What is a functional (nodal) region?
This map would be used to show the density of a phenomena in a particular area.
What is a Proportional Symbol Map?
What is a Special Purpose Map?
What you choose to include and exclude from your map is going to be explained by this key term.
What is Simplification?
This term means a flat model of the Earth's surface.
What is a map?
An example of this type of region is "The South" or "Downtown".
What is a Vernacular Region?
This map may look strange, as it changes the shape of land based on the data.
What is a Cartogram?
You or your parents may have used this type of map this morning.
What is a road map?
This term originally meant a fireplace, but in geography it is known as the birthplace of an idea.
What is a Hearth?
This map projection spreads the distortion amongst all four categories (shape, size, directions, and distance).
What is the Robinson Projection?
A mix of three of these makes regions distinct from one another.
What is a Landscape?
This map uses lines to show change over an area.
What is an Isoline Map?
This map will show you the elevation of the Earth's terrain.
What is a Topographic Map?
This type of diffusion is the spread of ideas from the most powerful person down to the least powerful.
What is Hierarchical Diffusion?
This map shows the true size of land, but distorts the shape.
What is the Gall-Peters Projection?
This is the only type of region with firm boundaries.
What is an Administrative Region?
This map can show the density of data, but if the minimum data is not met, it will not be shown.
This map may show you political borders, but that is not it's main purpose.
What is a Physical Map?
This is what happens to the compression of space and time with the invention of new technology, such as the internet or the cell phone.
What is it "goes up"?