APHG Foundations Review

Match the following

• Dot Map

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• Cartogram

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• Isoline

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• Choropleth

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Match the following:

• Cartogram

• Good for population density

• Dot

• Changes the shape/area of places to convey data

• Choropleth

• Can be done with shading or symbols

• Isoline

• Good for elevation

Match the following

• Mercator

• Good for navigation

• Winkel Trippel

• Motivated by a desire to correct negative assumptions

• Peters

• Official projection of National Geographic

• Azimuthal Equidistant

• Tries to distort everything the least amount

• Robinson

• Good for polar maps

Match the following

• Robinson

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• Mollweide

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• Fuller

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• Mercator

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• Peters

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Match the following

• Site

• The relation of a settlement to its surrounding area

• Latitude

• Measured with parallels moving north or south from the equator

• Longitude

• Measured in lines running from pole to pole beginning with the prime meridian

• Situation

• Characteristics of the exact location of a settlement

Match the following

• GIS

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• Cartography

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• GPS

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• Remote Sensing

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