AP HuG: Unit 1.1 Vocab

Political maps

A map that shows boundaries created by governments and treaties

Physical maps

A map that shows natural landmarks

Choropleth map

Maps that use various colors and shades of color to show the location of distribution of spatial data

Dot distribution map

Map that uses dots to indicate a feature or occurrence

Graduated symbol map

Map that indicates a relative magnitude of some value for a geographic region

Isoline map

A map that uses lines to connect points of equal value to depict variations in data across space.

Cartogram

thematic map that shows statistical data bt increasing or decreasing the size of the places on the map

Absolute location

Using lines of longitdue and latitude to pinpoint the exact ;pcatopm pf a [;ace

Latitude

The lines measuring north and south of the equator

Longitude

The lines measuring east and west of the prime meridian

Equator

zero degrees latitude

Relative location

Where something is located compared to something lese

Elevation

The distance above sea level

Clustered/Agglomerated

Phenomena that is grouped relatively close together

Linear distribution

Phenomena that is arranged in a straight line

Dispersed distribution

Phenomena that is spread out over a large area

Circular distribution

Phenomena that is equally spaced from a central point

Mercator projection

square projection that is good at showing direction, but shapes towards the poles seem larger than they actually are

Peters projection

square projection that shows accurate sizes of land masses, but elongates near the equator

Conic projection

shows the viewpoint from one of the poles. Sizes and sha

Robinson projection

• curved projections. major distortions. area, shape, size, and direction are slightly distorted