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U1: Intro Geography
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Human Geography: | Study of people AND places |
| Reference maps: | Maps used to show landforms and or/ places |
| Physical maps: | Reference map that shows identifiable natural landmarks such as rivers, mountains, oceans |
| Politcal maps: | Reference map that shows political boundaries; Countries, cities, capitals |
| Thematic maps: | Maps used to display specific types of information (theme) pertaining to an area |
| Cartogram: | thematic map that shows statistical data by transforming space; population |
| Choropleth map: | thematic map that uses shading or coloring to show statistical data |
| Dot density map: | thematic map that uses dots to indicate a feature or occurance |
| Graduated symbol map (proportional symbols map) | thematic map that indicates relative magnitude of some value for geographic region in which the symbol varies in proportion to data |