Map It
Spatial Relationships
Scale & Regions
Population Patterns
Population Change
Migration Moves
100
Each dot stands for 1,000 people. What type of thematic map is this?
Dot density map
100
41.8781° N, 87.6298° W is what kind of location?
Absolute location
100
Students come to Simeon from all over the South Side, with the school at the center. The area they come from is this type of region.
Functional region
100
Total population ÷ total land area = what density?
Arithmetic density
100
Births minus deaths, without migration, is called what?
Natural increase
100
Violence, unemployment, and disasters that make people leave are what?
Push factors
200
A bigger circle means more riders. What type of thematic map is this?
Graduated (proportional) symbol map
200
The farther away people live, the fewer come to the store. Name this concept.
Distance decay
200
Every neighborhood where Spanish is the language most spoken at home. Formal, functional, or perceptual?
Formal region
200
Total population ÷ arable [farmable] land = what density?
Physiological density
200
In which DTM stage do death rates fall while birth rates stay high?
Stage 2
200
People forced out by war who are still inside their own country
Internally displaced persons (IDPs)
300
This projection makes Greenland look way too big. Name it.
Mercator projection
300
Faster travel and communication make faraway places feel closer. What is this?
Time-space compression
300
“Downtown.” Ask five Chicagoans where it ends and you’ll get five answers. What type of region is it?
Perceptual (vernacular) region
300
Country P doubles every 70 years. Country R doubles every 20 years. Which has the HIGHER rate of natural increase?
Country R
300
arrow base + many older people = what kind of dependency?
Elderly population
300
A migrant headed to Chicago stops after finding a job in Indianapolis. What is this?
Intervening opportunity
400
A phone uses satellites and coordinates to pinpoint your location. What tool is it using?
GPS
400
“People in cold places will never build great cities.” Name this idea.
Environmental determinism
400
Why shouldn’t a city planner trust the $60,000 citywide number alone?
It hides big differences between neighborhoods
400
A broad base shows what kind of dependency?
Large youth-dependency
400
A government gives tax breaks for larger families. What policy is this?
Pronatalist policy
400
Money migrants send back to family in their origin country is called what?
Remittances
500
A city stacks bus routes, crime reports, and flood zones to find patterns. What system is this?
GIS
500
The arrangement of people or features across space is called what?
Distribution
500
Same state, same year, same data. Name the concept that explains why Map A and Map B tell different stories.
Scale of analysis
500
Which country has the HIGHER physiological density?
Country M (same people, far less farmland)
500
Who argued that population could outgrow the food supply?
Thomas Malthus
500
Ester Boserup said population pressure pushes farmers to do what?
Find new ways to grow more food on the same land