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Location vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| reference map | shows the location of the geographic areas for which census data are tabulated and disseminated. |
| thematic map | a type of map or chart especially designed to show a particular theme connected with a specific geographic area. |
| GPS | Global Positioning System: a global system of U.S. navigational satellites developed to provide precise positional and velocity data and global time synchronization for air, sea, and land travel. |
| GIS | is a computerized data management system used to capture, store, manage, retrieve, analyze, and display spatial information. |
| distance scale | The scale of a map is the ratio of a distance on the map to the corresponding distance on the ground. |
| directional indicator | A component of the average directional index (ADX) that is used to measure the presence of a downtrend. |
| inset map | a small picture, map, etc., inserted within the border of a larger one. a piece of cloth or other material set into a garment, usually as an ornamental panel. |
| legend | a table on a map, chart, or the like, listing and explaining the symbols used. |
| latitude | the angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth's surface, measured on the meridian of the point. |
| longitude | the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes. |
| Equator | an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°. |
| Prime Meridian | a planet's meridian adopted as the zero of longitude. |
| northern hemisphere | is the half of a planet that is north of its equator—the word hemisphere literally means “half sphere”. |
| southern hemisphere | contains all or parts of five continents, four oceans and most of Oceania. |
| eastern hemisphere | is a geographical term for the half of the Earth that is east of the Prime Meridian and west of 180° longitude. |
| western hemisphere | s a geographical term for the half of the Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian and east of the Antimeridian, |
| continents | any of the world's main continuous expanses of land |
| map grid | a pattern of lines that cross each other to form squares on a piece of paper, a map, etc. |
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