Map Types & Features
This type of map shows specialized information like population density or climate zones.
What is a thematic map?
The pattern of weather over a long period of time.
What is climate?
Geographers call an area with one or more features that set it apart from other areas by this name.
What is a region?
To calculate population density, you divide total population by this measurement.
What is total land area?
Mountains, rivers, and deserts are all part of this branch of geography.
What is physical geography?
You'll find landforms like mountains, rivers, and valleys on this type of map.
What is a physical map?
A climate graph uses a line or area to show this measurement in degrees Fahrenheit.
What is temperature?
Being farther from this imaginary line generally makes a location colder.
What is the Equator?
One of the biggest problems people in densely populated cities may face
What is traveling on crowded subways (or traffic/crowding)?
Disease is NOT considered part of physical geography; it belongs to this type of geography instead.
What is human geography?
This type of map shows how people in a country make a living.
What is an economic activity map?
Coal, iron, uranium, and petroleum are all examples of these.
What are natural resources?
Out of these cities, this one has the largest population density: Sycamore, Genoa, Kaneland, and New York.
What is New York?
A region with fewer than 10 people per square mile would be described using this term.
What is sparsely populated (or low density)?
Desert, desert scrub, tropical grassland, and chaparral are all types of these.
What are vegetation zones?
A body of water surrounded by land on three sides that cuts deeply into the shoreline.
What is a gulf?
A climate graph uses bars to show this weather measurement.
What is precipitation (or rainfall)?
"Northern Illinois" or "The Sun Belt" are examples of this type of location.
What is relative location?
One of the biggest reasons that attract people to move to a densely populated city.
What are many job options?
A map showing these zones would display information about temperature and precipitation patterns
What are climate zones?
These are the two starting points used for measuring latitude and longitude.
What are the Equator and the Prime Meridian?
To find this, you divide the total number of people by the total land area.
What is population density?
"75 degrees North by 110 degrees East" is an example of this type of location, NOT relative location.
What is absolute location (or coordinates)?
A map legend showing "over 100," "50-100," "25-50" people per square kilometer is displaying this type of information.
What is population density?
This graph type combines temperature lines and precipitation bars to show weather patterns over 12 months.
What is a climate graph (or climograph)?