Unit 1 review

What scale is this map?

Art and science of map making

The spread of a feature or trend among people from one area to another in an additive process

points of equal elevation are connected

shows and labels highways and streets

defined by the informal sense of place that people ascribe to

Region united by more than one trait/characteristics

I post a pic of Yoshi on Twitter and it goes viral because she's obviously the cutest cat in the world. What is this?

uses colors, shades of one color, or patterns to show location of spatial data

difference between reference maps and thematic maps

distortion of conic projection

The belief that the physical environment predisposes human development towards a path is

distortion of mercator projection

a belief that the environment sets constraints or limitations, but culture is otherwise determined by social conditions

show and label natural features, such as mountains, rivers, and deserts

The spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another

characteristics of absolute location

study of place names; affected by characteristics of location

Characteristics of relative location

shows and labels human-created boundaries, such as countries, states, cities, and capitals

Focal point, defined by activity that occurs across region, united by networks

use lines that connect points of equal value to depict variations in the data across space

all map projections contain which of the following distortions

distortion of robinson