Map Types
This map shows the state and national boundaries of a place.
Political Map
How many types of Map projections are we focusing on for this Unit?
4 With Equal Area, 3 Without
How many themes of Geography are there?
5
What is Miss Hauter's favorite Color?
Grass Green?
Which singer’s real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta?
Lady Gaga
This map shows physical features of a place or country, like rivers, mountains, forests and lakes.
Physical Map
shows the correct shapes of land areas on the earth. The sizes of some areas are distorted, especially near the North and South poles. the lines of latitude and longitude are straight lines
Mercator
Geographers describe the location in two ways.
Absolute Location: The exact place on earth where a geographic feature, such as a city, is found.
Relative Location: describes a place in comparison to other places around it.
Location
How many siblings does Leila Fadiga have?
4?
This map displays divided geographical areas or regions that are colored, shaded or patterned in relation to a data variable.
Choropleth Map
Map is Round. globe shows the sizes of the land and water areas correctly, but the shapes are distorted in some areas.
Robinson
DOUBLE POINTS: Every place on Earth has a distinct group of physical features, such as its climate, landforms, and bodies of water. Places also have human characteristics likes cities and towns
Place
How many Ex boyfriends does Taylor Swift have?
15
DOUBLE POINTS: map that uses a point symbol to visualize the geographic distribution of a large number of related phenomena.
Dot Distribution
looks like an orange peel. This projection shows correct shapes and sizes of most land and water almost as
accurately as a globe does.
Interrupted Projection
A Geographer might divide the world into language regions.
Geographers compare regions to understand the differences and similarities among them.
Regions
According to Greek mythology, who was the first woman on earth?
Pandora
This map scale the size of simple symbols (usually a circle or square) proportionally to the data value found at that location.
Proportional Symbols
The name of map makers
Cartographers
People adapting to the Environment (Clothing, Dams, Buildings, Transportation, Bridges)
Human Environment Interaction
Which African country was formerly known as Abyssinia?
Ethiopia