Basics to Human Geography Chapter 1 - Map Basics
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| Distortion | occurs when putting information on a two dimensional map
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| Distortion | the further one goes from the equator, the greater the distortion on the map
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| Maps | the basic tools that geographers use to convey information
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| Maps | are used to determine some types of geographic phenomena
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| Fundamental Problem of Maps | that when attempting to display a three dimensional object on a two dimensional object, paper, distortion occurs
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| Less Distortion | larger scale
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| Scale | the relationship of the size of the map to the amount of area it represents on the planet
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| Scale | the dimension into which one renders the real world
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| Small Scale | is more area in less detail
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| Large Scale | is a smaller areas in greater detail
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| World | smallest scale map
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| Three Ways to Write a Scale | in words, with a line, or with a ratio
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| Latitude and Longitude | grid systems that geographers set up, which are fictional lines that divide the Earth's surface to assist people in determining an exact location
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| Latitudes | are parallel lines that run EAST/WEST on the surface of the Earth
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| Latitudes | parallels
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| Equator | line that runs in the middle of the Earth
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| Equator | 0 degrees latitude
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| Northern Hemisphere | anything north of the equator
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| Southern Hemisphere | anything south of the equator
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| 90 degrees | highest degree of latitude
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| North Pole | 90 degrees north
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| South Pole | 90 degrees south
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| Longitudes | are the lines that run NORTH/SOUTH
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| Longitudes | meridians
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| Prime Meridian | 0 degree longitude line
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| Prime Meridian | runs through Greenwich, England
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| Globe | sphere made up of circles
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| Time zone | 15 degrees each
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| International Dateline | about 180 degrees longitude
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| International Dateline | zigzags through the Pacific due to the location of countries
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