Mapmaking Rules
This feature of a map tells you what the map is about
Someone littering at the park is an example of this pillar of Geography
What is a Political Perspective
A lumberjack cutting down a tree would be an example of this basic interrelationship
What is Human to Nature
Analyzing how global temperatures have increased over the last 150 years would be an example of this.
What is a trend
This feature tells you which direction is north
What is the Orientation, or What is the compass?
Regions are designated by looking for these....
What are the same physical or human characteristics
If a scientist is worried about the amount of pollution in Lake Ontario and how it is affecting fish populations, his Geographic perspective would be this.
What is Environmental
A flood destroying a person's house would be an example of this basic interrelationship
What is Nature to Human
If we were looking at an issue about flooding and property damage, and we looked why there are restaurants all along beaches, which of the three important location questions are we trying to answer?
What is "Why There?"
The part of the map that tells you what all the symbols and colours stand for
What is the Legend
342 Provost Lane is an example of this pillar of Geography
What is Absolute location
If a tourist feels a beach needs more fun things to do like water skiing and parasailing so he can have a great time, he has this Geographic Perspective
What is a Social Perspective?
Lightning strikes a forest, causing a forest fire is this type of basic interrelationship
What is Nature to Nature?
Looking at the reasons why there is major flooding at different beaches around the world would be an example of this.
What is a pattern
The colour that is used to label things on a map
What is black
"Most of the people at Canada's Wonderland are thrillseekers" is an example of this pillar of Geography
What is "Human characteristic of a place
If a person at Microsoft is worried about the number of revenue the Xbox brand is generating per year and thinking about company layoffs, their perspective is this.
What is a Economic Perspective
Two students having to share the same gym at school is an example of this basic interrelationship
What is Human to Human
If we were to look at the issue of water pollution along a lake, and noticed the location of several factories along the lakeshore, which of the three important location questions are we trying to answer?
What is "What's Where"
The formula for calculating scale
When someone texts a message to a friend is an example of this pillar of geography
What is Movement of Ideas
If a businessperson is thinking about how his partner is late for work, which is causing his company money and is causing him to be really stressed out, he has a combination of these two geographic perspectives.
What are Social and Economic perspectives.
An investment banker receives $10000 from a person to be invested in a variety of stocks would have this type of more complex interrelationship
What is an economic interrelationship?
If we are trying to find relevance as to why we are looking into a location related to a geographic issue in the first place, which of the three important location questions are we trying to answer?
What is "Why Care?"