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Basics to Human Geography Chapter 1 - Types of Maps

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