Parts of a Map
This tells you what a map is depicting or where an area is located, along with other features.
Title or heading
The way of describing where something is is known as
Location
The number of people within a given geographic area
Population
The increasing number of people that migrate from rural to urban areas. It predominantly results in the physical growth of urban areas, be it horizontal or vertical.
Urbanization
The process of leaving a field for a season to replenish minerals and to reinvigorate the soil is known as
Going Fallow
This part of a map identifies what various symbols mean
Key
The way of describing an areas characteristics is known as
Place
The study of population characteristics
Demography
The CBD is the focal point of a city and serves as It’s commercial, office, retail, and cultural center. It also usually is the center point for transportation networks.
Central Business District
A system of agriculture identified by Most land is devoted to crops but Most profits are derive from the livestock is known as
Mixed crop and livestock
Because maps are generally much smaller than real life this portion tells you relative size.
Scale
Dividing the world into smaller areas is known as
A region
The amount of farmers divided by the usable land is known as
Agricultural Density
This development model is Based off assumption that CBD is center of city and home values/rents increase as distance from city increase
Concentric Zone Model
A method of farming that hasLow potential for cultivation of crops – Soil quality and unpredictable weather
• Productive for grasses
Livestock ranching
Imaginary horizontal and vertical lines that often indicate longitude and latitude are known as this
Grid
The spread of people, goods, and ideas around the world
Movement
The over-exertion of resources given a population’s need in a specific area.
Overpopulation
This type of model is characterized by:
Theorized in 1949 to account for growing importance of car and sprawl of urban areas
Creation of different districts that support each other
Multiple Nuclei Model
The period of time that was identified by rapid advances in machinery and improved agricultural production was known as
The Agricultural Revolution
This important feature tells you cardinal and ordinal directions.
Compass Rose
How the Human world and the physical world impact each other
Human Environment Interaction
The amount of people divided by the amount of arable land
Physiological Density
A model of North American urban areas consisting of an inner city surrounded by large suburban residential and business areas tied together by a beltway or ring road.
A type of agriculture marked by
Hot Dry Summers, Cool Wet Winters
– California, Italy, Chile/Argentina, South Africa • Based on horticulture
– Growing fruits, vegetables, and flowers for human consumption
Mediterreanean