On The Map
What part of a map displays the cardinal directions?
The Compass
What kind of data describes things that are factual rather than debatable?
Quantitative data
Which of these cities would have the least interaction with the other two, according to distance decay?
Lisbon, Helsinki, Madrid
Helsinki
Which map type shows human-created boundaries?
Political maps
What absolute or relative term describes this example?
27.9856 degrees North,
106.8751 degrees West
Absolute location
What is the term for the science of map making?
Cartography
What part of a map tells you what the colors and symbols used in it mean?
The map legend/key
What kind of data is collected using surveys?
BOTH qualitative & quantitative data
Which of these cities would have the least interaction with the other two, according to distance decay?
Buenos Aires, Quito, Lima
Buenos Aires
Which map type shows natural geographic features like rivers?
Physical maps
What absolute or relative term describes this example?
-Go North for five miles then East for two miles
Absolute direction and distance
What kind of map uses different patterns to show the spatial distribution of data?
Choropleth map
What lines indicate the distance of something north or south of the Equator?
Lines of latitude
Which kind of data results in findings that are expressed narratively?
Qualitative data
Which of these cities would have the least interaction with the other two, according to distance decay?
Tokyo, Seoul, Singapore
Singapore
Which map type uses shading to illustrate data?
Choropleth maps
What absolute or relative term describes this example?
-Southeast of London and North of Paris
Relative Location
What kind of map shows the size of a place according to some specific statistic?
Cartogram
What map feature can be communicated as a ratio or displayed as a line?
The map scale
What kind of data is used by businesses and governments to make decisions?
BOTH qualitative & quantitative data
Which of these cities would have the least interaction with the other two, according to distance decay?
Washington DC, Albany, Salem (Oregon)
Salem
Which map type uses lines that connect at points of equal value to depict variations?
Isoline maps
What absolute or relative term describes this example?
-Five minutes away
Relative Distance
In which map projection are size and shape preserved but longitude lines only converge at one pole?
Conic projection
What is the name of the imaginary line that passes through Greenwich, England?
The Prime Meridian
What kind of data is collected through artifact analysis?
Qualitative data
Which of these cities would have the least interaction with the other two, according to distance decay?
Algiers, Nairobi, Addis Ababa
Algiers
Which map type shows details of land ownership?
Plat maps
What absolute or relative term describes this example?
-Take a left, go forward, and take a right
Relative direction
What was Carl Sauer’s approach to explaining human-environmental relations called?
Cultural ecology