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Geographic Concepts
Maps
Other
200

A computer system that shows geographic information in layers.

What is a G.I.S.

200
i.e. "The climate one lives in determines their behavior."
Environmental Determinism
200

This type of map uses symbols that all represent the same frequency of data.

What is a dot map

200
An area in which a certain caracteristic is found throughout the area...
Formal Region
400

The line where each new day begins and is marked around the 180* Meridian.

International Date Line

400

This type of line is drawn from north to south but measures east to west.

Longitudinal lines AKA meridians

400

This type of map uses dots or symbols, though they can change size.

What is a graduated/proportional symbol map

400
Region that people perceive, the believe it exists as part of their cultural identity
Vernacular Region
600

A name given to any place on earth... aka place name.

Toponym

600

This careful use of resources is typically associated with non-renewable resources like oil or coal.

Conservation

600
This type of map changes the size and shape of a political area according to the value of the data the map is representing.
What is a cartogram
600

The idea that farther away two groups are the less likely they will interact

Distance Decay

800

All ___________ on the surface of the Earth have unique human and physical characteristics.

places

800

The reduction in time for something to diffuse from one place to another due to increasingly fast technology.

Space-Time Compression

800

These are the 4 types of distortion in map projections.

size/area distance direction shape

800
What are the 3 major climate regions?
Tropical (Low Latitude), Temperate (Mid Latitude), Polar (High Latitude)
1000

This theme concerns how features tend to be concentrated in particular areas.

Region

1000

Give an example of relative distance.

About 5 minutes away. A mile or so. We'll be there soon. Etc.

1000
This type of map uses continuous lines that join points of the same value
Isoline Map
1000

Amazon functions on having a delivery center near you for quick shipping, so each Amazon delivery center is the node in the middle of this type of region.

Functional / nodal