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Ap Test #1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Cartography? | The science of making maps |
| List the Mercator Peojections strengths and weakness. | Strengths; Excellent when used ONLY for direction and navigation. Weakness; Extreme distortion @ poles |
| List the Robinson projections strengths and weakness. | Strengths; preserves accuracy at the poles & minimizes disortion at the poles. Weakness;Some relative directions may be inaccurate. |
| List the Fuller projections strengths and weakness. | Strengths; Maintains accurate size and shape of landmasses. Weakness; Direction (N,S,E,W) is completely rearranged. |
| List the Azimuthal projections strengths and weakness. | Srengths; Very accurate view of the poles. Weakness;Distortion increases as you move away from the poles. |
| Formal Region | Is also called uniform region. Its an area within which everyone shares in one common or distinctive characterists. Ex. United states. |
| Functional Region | Is also called Nodal Region. Its organized around a node or focal point. A example of this is farming in the mid-west. |
| Vernacular Region | Is also called Perceptual Region. A place that people believe exists as part of their cultural indentity. A example of this is that people say the north is made up of industry. |
| Physical Geo | Study of Spartial understanding. Natural Processes. Involves mapping both landforms (political & climate maps. Focus- physical earth. Earth science. |
| Human Geo | Study of how humans use the world. How humans organize the world and our relationship with phyical environmrnt. Focus- humans. social science. |
| Mental Map | Represents knowledge a person has of an area. |
| Cultural Ecology | The geographic study of human-environment relationships. |
| GIS | A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes and displays gepgraphic data. |
| Scale | Refers to the the relationship of a features size on a map to its actual size. |
| Site | Second way geographers describe the location of a place. |
| toponyn | The name given to a portion of earths surface. |
| Concentration | the spread of something in a given area |
| Where is the prime merdian located? | at 0 degrees longitude. |
| Where is the equator located? | at 0 degress latitude |
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Ayha
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