Geography Chapter 1 and 5 Themes

Great Circle Route

• The longest path around the world

• A path used by ancient merchants in the Mediterranean sea

• The shortest distance that an object can travel between two points

Answer explanation

https://gisgeography.com/great-circle-geodesic-line-shortest-flight-path/

Map Projection

• A conversion of a globe onto a flat surface

• An image of a map projected onto a screen

• Using a map to predict how events will occur

A Planar Projection shows the Earth:

• On a flat plane

• centered so a straight line from the center to any other point represents the shortest distance.

• from an airplane

Answer explanation

A cylindrical projection shows the Earth

• as if it was printed on a cylinder

• on a cylinder

• projected in a cylindrical room

Answer explanation

A conical projection is a map...

• of the Earth on a flat surface

• of the Earth from the Poles

• created by projecting an image of Earth onto a cone placed over part of an Earth model

Answer explanation

Absolute Location

• The exact location of a place on the Earth's surface

• The location of a place on a city map

• Where something is relative to other places

Answer explanation

Relative Location

• The exact global address derived from the longitude and latitude lines that intersect at that place

• Uses reference points to identify one place in relation to another

• The location of a place using geospatial coordinates

Answer explanation

Elevation

• How many floors up you are

• The height of a land surface above the level of the sea

• An album by U2

Relief

• The feeling when you finish your homework

• the variation in elevation across an area of Earth's land

• the variation in terrain across an area of Earth's land

What is it called when you take a 3D image and put it onto a 2D surface?

• Cartogram
• Projection
• Globe
• Instagram