AP Human Geography midterm

Refrence maps

give general information about a place (physical features)

Political maps

Show borders of countries, states, cities, etc.

physical maps

Show natural features of places

Road maops

show streets, alleys, and highways

Plat maps

Show property lines and details of land ownership

Thematic maps

show data on a map

choropleth maps

Use colors to show data

Dot distribution maps

Use tiny dots that represent a quanity to show something.

Graduated/poportional symbol maps

use diffrent sizes of a symbol to represnet having more or less of a quanity

cartogram

maps that show data by chaging the sizes of an area (usually countries)

3 ways to indicate cartographic scale

words, a ratio, or a line

International date line

180 degrees longitude

prime meridian

0 degrees longitude

Mercator projection

distorts country sizes near the poles

Peters projection

distorts country shapes but has acurate size.

Conic projection

Distance isn't constant and the lines of longitude only converge at 1 pole

Robinson projection

Equally distorts a variety of things.

GPS

Technology that makes use of sattelites to give the exact positioning of things.

Remote sensing

Use of cameras and sensors on aircrafts that collect data about things on earth´s surface

GIS

A computer that can store, display, and analyze information from geospatial data

enviormental determinism

belief that the enviornment determines the sucess of a society.

possibilsm

Belief that we an adapt to the natural enviornment´s conditions

Vernacular region

Region without definite boundaries and is different to many people

Functional region

A region that centers around one point.

Formal regions

Well defined areas that have a shared characteristic.