| Question |
Answer |
| Equal Area Projection | projection that keeps the size or area intact but distorts shape |
| Goodes-Homsoline Projection | is an equal area map |
| Goodes-Homsoline Projection | breaks up the globe into continents and seperates the oceans |
| Conformal Maps | maps that distort the area but keep the shapes intact |
| Lambert Conic Projection | is a conformal map |
| Lambert Conic Projection | projection on which the distance between latitude lines increases the farther one moves away from the common line of latitude |
| Mercator Map | map in which all the lines of latitude and longitude meet in right angles |
| Effect of Right Angles | forces the top and bottom of the globe to stretch out, creating more distortion of the polar regions |
| Distortion of Mercator Map | greatly exaggerates the landforms around the polar regions |
| Mercator Map | is useful for determinig distance on the surface of the earth |
| Effect of Distortion on Poles | Greenwich looks as though it is the size of Africa |
| Four Map Classes | cylindrical,planar,conic,and oval |
| Cylindrical Map | shows true direction but loses distance |
| Cylindrical Class Map | mercator map |
| Planar Projection | shows true direction and examines the earth from one point |
| Planar Projection | any azimuthal map |
| Azimuthal Projection | a map projection in which the plane is the most developable surface |
| Planar Projection | polar projection |
| Polar Projection | all points from the pole go either north from the south pole point or south from the north pole point |
| Conic Projection | puts a cone over the Earth and tries to keep distance intact but loses directional analities |
| Oval Projection | is a combination of the cylindrica; and conic projection |
| Oval Projection | mollewide projection |
| Thematic Maps | map that displays one or more variables |
| Thematic Maps | are used to determine geographic properties |
| Flow-Line Maps | determine movementsuch as migration |
| Flow-Line Maps | thematic map |
| Choropleth Maps | puts data into a spacial format and are useful for determining demographic data by assigning colors or patterns to areas |
| Demographic Data | infant mortality rates |
| Choropleth Maps | thematic map |
| Choropleth Maps | chart and assign data by size |
| Choropleth Maps | often shows population by size |
| Choropleth Maps | shows countries with a latrger population appear larger on the map |
| Four Greatest Popultaions | China, India, United States, Indonesia, Brazil |
| Dot Maps | thematic map |
| Dot Maps | uses points to show the precise locations of specific observations and occurrences |
| Dot Maps | may show occurences like crimes, car accidents, or births |
| Proportional Symbol Maps | thematic map |
| Proportional Symbol Maps | map in which the size of a chosen symbol indicates the relative magnitude of some statistical value for a given geographic region |
| Isoline Map | thematic map |
| Isoline Map | a map with continuos lines joining points with the same value |
| Isoline | a line that connects points of the same value |
| Other Thematic Maps | area class maps, area symbol maps, digital images, and point symbol maps |
| Mental Map | a map that the person beleives to exist |
| Mental Map | proves uefull tools in communication |
| Cognitive Map | an inmage of a portion of the Earth's surface that an individual creates in his or her mind |
| Fuller Projection | a type of map projection that maintains the accurate size and shape of landmasses but completely rearanges direction |
| Fuller Projection | the four cardinal directions have no meaning |
| Four Cardinal Directions | north, south, east, and west |
| Map Projection | a amathematical method that involves transferring the Earth's sphere onto a flat surface |
| Map Projection | has distortion |
| Preference Map | map that displays individual preferences for certain places |
| Reference Map | mapthat shows reference information for a particular place |
| Reference Map | is useful for finding landmarks and navigating |
| Robinson Projection | projection that attempts to balance several possible projection errors |
| Robinson Projection | does not completely maintain area shape, distance, or direction but minimizes erors in each |
| Topographic Map | map that uses isolines to represent constant elevations |
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