Introduction to Maps
Geographic Data
Spatial Concepts
Human Environment Interaction
Analysis
100
The data presented in the map shown depict...
population in a cartogram
100
A political polling company wants to use census data to collect information on voters in a city by neighborhood. Based on the types of information collected in the survey form, what could be mapped using census data?
The number of voting-age residents per household
100
What patterns are evident on the map of population density?
The Great Plains are less densely populated than the Midwest.
100
The lush golf courses in the United Arab Emirates, the dikes and polders in the Netherlands, and the Three Gorges Dam in China are significant examples of land use.
These examples reflect which viewpoints of human-environment interaction?
Possiblism
100
The 4 scales of analysis
Global, Regional, National, and Local
200
The difference between a Reference map and a Thematic map
A Reference map focuses on spatial variability, where as a Thematic map focuses on the location and names.
200
Which of the geospatial technologies is typically used to analyze the data layers such as those shown in the maps? How might this data be collected?
Geographic information systems (GIS)
Census Surveys
200
The "why of where" refers to
the idea that the explanation of a spatial pattern is crucial
200
Describe the perspective of environmental determinism
A former scientific viewpoint stating that factors within the physical geography of a region shape the local population’s culture and behaviors
200
What is scale?
1:24,000
300
What type of map is this?
Flow Line Map
300
Twenty-four specific objects transmit complex radio codes, including time signals traveling at the speed of light. You can contact at least 4 of the 24 objects at any time of day or night.
The statement refers to...
GPS Satellites
300
Which spatial patterns on the maps shown would be most helpful to someone selecting the location for a new coffee shop? 
The map of the Borough of Manhattan, because it shows both population density and the pattern of streets.
300
In 1854, London physician Dr. John Snow mapped the spatial relationship between deaths from the waterborne disease cholera and the locations of water pumps which brought in water directly from tunnels connected to the River Thames. From Snow’s research it was determined that a public water pump had been contaminated by sewage.
What geographic principle explains the significance of Snow’s research?
Even in areas of urban land use, there is a significant relationship between nature and society.
300
What map scale would be most useful for studying the details of geographic features in the landscape of a farming community?
1:10,000