APHG 1.1

Which of the following is true of the above map?

• It is a reference map.

• It distorts size of countries to show a variable.

• It is a cartogram.

• Shades and colors represent differences in a variable.

The Red lines are showing what? 

• Longitude
• Latitude
• Prime Meridians
• Tropics

What type of map is being shown? 

• Political
• Mental Map
• Distrotion
• Cartogram

What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?

• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• North Pole
• South Pole

What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?

• Prime Meridian
• Equator
• North Pole
• South Pole

Relative location is....

• location of a place in relation to other human and physical features.
• Precise coordinates of a place.
• General trends we see of a given phenomenon.
• Digitized representations of the environment.

Representation of a real world phenomenon at a certain level of reduction or generalization (ex. local, regional, global)

• Mental Maps
• Scale
• GPS
• Regions

The dots on the map above prove that the Mercator map:

• Fairly represents the size of Africa

• Distorts direction and distance

• Over-represents the size of items near the poles

• Has lines of latitude that intersect

The Census Bureau

• Conducts a count of US citizens every ten years

• Helps track absolute location using satellites

• Can be used to create custom maps using layers

• Creates new map projections that can be used by geographers

These maps show locations of places and geographic features

• reference map

• thematic map