Ch. 1 vocab
A location that is tied to a person's identity and can change based on emotions
What is a place?
Map that attempts to combine the strengths of other maps and conceal weaknesses. Distorts size and shape closer to the poles
What is the Robinson projection?
Map where dots are used to show specific observations or events, particularly helpful for showing the concentration of something
What is a dot map?
Theory that human behavior is controlled by the environment surrounding them
What is environmental determinism?
Kind of data that is interpreted from sources
What is qualitative?
Describing where something is using terms like "next to the 7/11" or "Down the hill and to the right"
What is relative location?
Standard map used for years that significantly distorts size but not shape of the continents, making continents in the upper hemisphere much larger than they appear
What is the Mercator projection?
Map used where circles of different sizes represent the relative size of a particular measure of data
What is graduated symbols?
Expansion of economic, cultural, and political processes on a worldwide scale
What is globalization?
Used to determine exact location of something using satellite technology and remote sensing
What is GPS?
Describing a location based on strictly physical characteristics such as geographic features or climate
What is site?
Type of map that accurately portrays size of the continents, but distorts shape
What is the Gall-Peters Projections?
These maps use different colors to represent data categories of data for geographic areas
What is a choropleth?
Time space compression states that over time, the world has become increasingly connected through two means
What are communication and transportation?
Used to overlay layers of geographic data at a particular location on earth
What is GIS?
Describing a location based on how it interacts with others, focusing on things like trade or political conflict
What is situation?
Continent that is frequently distorted in size on the Mercator projection, leading to western bias
What is Africa?
Kind of map used to focus on geographic information such as the features of a landscape or streets
What is a reference map?
What is sustainability?
In London, John Snow used data to map the occurrence of this disease, which was spread through the water supply
What is Cholera?
The Cava in Williamsburg delivers to Long Island City, meaning I live within the Cava's ___________.
What is functional region?
Type of map that only shows one part of the earth, and distorts size and shape further away from the center
What is Azimuthal?
Kind of map used to indicate the relative size of a particular attribute. Great for things like contributions to climate change or number of electoral votes
What is a cartogram?
Theory that each country in the world can be categorized based on their relationship in the economy
What is Hallerstein's World Systems Theory?
The largest collector of data in the United States
What is the US Census Bureau?