Being a Geographer

What do geographers look for when analyzing maps (click all that apply)?

• The legend.

• Compass rose.

• Scale.

• Contour lines.

This type of map uses contour lines instead of colors to show changes in the landscape.

• An economic, or resource map

• Political map

• A physical map

• Topographic map

This map is one that documents landscape features of a place. These maps generally show things like mountains, rivers, and lakes. Bodies of water are commonly shown in blue. Mountains and elevation changes are sometimes shown with different colors and shades to show elevation.

• An economic, or resource map

• Political map

• A physical map

• Topographic map

This map does not show topographic features like mountains. It focuses solely on the state and national boundaries of a place. These maps also include the locations of cities large and small, depending on the detail of the maps.

• An economic, or resource map

• Political map

• A physical map

• Topographic map

This map shows the specific types of commercial activity or natural resources present in an area through the use of different symbols or colors depending on what is being depicted.

• An economic map

• Political map

• A physical map

• Topographic map

1. An accurate worldwide navigational and surveying system based on the reception of signals from an array of orbiting satellites.

A geographic information system for storing and manipulating geographical information using computers.

The cultural theme that explores a range of social-cultural systems, including designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relate humanity to supernatural, transcendental, and spiritual elements.

• Religion

• Institutions

• Aesthetics

• Social groups

• The physical environment

A theme of culture that refers to an empirical inquiry into the kinds and varieties of experiences associated with artistic activities as they are understood in different cultures

• Religion

• Institutions

• Aesthetics

• Social groups

• The physical environment

A system of organizations that work for the preservation or promotion of culture, whose mission is to engage in the conservation, interpretation, and dissemination of cultural, scientific, and environmental knowledge to promote activities meant to inform and educate citizens on related aspects of culture, history, science, civics, and the environment.

• Religion

• Institutions

• Aesthetics

• Social groups

• The physical environment