AP Human Geography Cartography & Maps/Projections

Which Map Projection, developed in the 16th century, is used for nautical purposes? It's distorted in ___ and ___.

*Mercator Projection*; Size, Shape (Shows Political Bias)

Which map Projection, often used in political and charitable campaigns, retains the *accurate sizes* but *sacrifices shape*?

*Peters Projection*

The general 4 types of map projections include ___, ___, ___, and ___. (Hint: the Dunce ate a Hotdog, walked Around and Stretched.)

conic, cylindrical, planar, oval

A town plan is an example of ___ scale. (small, large)

large (e.g. 1:10,000)

*Cartography* is ___.

the art and science of making maps.

Which Map Projection maintains the *accurate shape* and size but *rearranges direction*? It's described the world as ___.

*Fuller Projection* (Dymaxion Map); one large island in one ocean

There are two types of maps: ___ and ___.

Reference Maps; Thematic Maps

Which Map Projection is often used to portray radio wave ranges and airplane flight paths? It's distorted in ___ and ___ increasingly away from the ___.

*Azimuthal Equidistant Projection*; Shape and Distance; center.

___ uses transformations (*expand* or *shrinks*) the area of locations to demonstrate *different types of data*.

*Cartagrams*

___ uses differences in shading, coloring, or the placing of symbols.

*Choropleth Maps*

___ uses points of data in a specific area, each dot is represents a specific quantity.

*Dot Maps*

___ uses *continuous lines* joining points of the *same value*.

*Isoline Maps*

How are *Mental Maps* and *Activity Spaces* related?

*Mental Maps* are maps made from *individual perceptions* (e.g. terra incognita, landmarks, paths, and accessibility). *Activity Spaces* is a measure of an individual's *routine *spacial behavior between places.

Which Map Projection is used for primary classroom purposes because of the *aesthetics*? It's distorted in ___.

*Robinson Projection*; small amounts everywhere (Also doesn't connect at the poles)

Which type of map shows the world's population by distorting the area? Which continent has the highest population? The lowest?

Catagrams; Asia (~59% of the world); Antarctica (~1,000)

1 inch:10 feet is a good scale for viewing a classroom, a school, a parish, or a country?

Classroom

1 in:1000 miles is a good scale for viewing a classroom, a school, a parish, or a country?

Country

The three types of Map Projection distortion: ___, ___, and ___.

Distance or Direction, Shape, Relative Size

___ is a computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes and displays layers of geographic spatial data. (e.g. Google Earth Engine)

Geographic Information System (GIS)

A ___ is a simplified way to explain complex patterns, make informed decisions and explain future behaviors

Geographic Model

___ is a radio navigation system network that uses earth's (network of 24) satellites that determines the precise position, time of day, and velocity in all weather conditions throughout the world.

Global Positioning System (GPS)

___ Maps show locations of places and *absolute* location.

Reference

A person's *internal perception* of a geographic space can be used to create ___.

Mental Maps

1 inch:100 miles is a good scale for viewing a classroom, a school, a parish, or a country?

Parish

The three ways to portray map-scale are ___, ___, and ___.

Ratio or Fraction, Graphic Scale, Written Scale

___ is the acquisition of data about the Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from other long distance methods

Remote sensing

1 inch:100 feet is a good scale for viewing a classroom, a school, a parish, or a country?

School

___ Maps tell a story or pattern of movement/distribution and shows ___ locations.

Thematic Maps; Relative

Presidential Election data in correlation with political parties shown on a map is an example of a ___ Map. It illustrates ___ voting patterns in the country and states.

Thermatic; Regional

What are the steps of reading a map? (Hint: Total Sigs)

Title, Orientation, Date, Author, Legend, Scale, Index, Grid System, Surrounding Area.

A ___ shows the relationship of a feature's size on a map to its actual size on earth.

map-scale

Scale is ___ and can be observed in various context such as ___, ___, ___, and ___.

the territorial extent of something; global, national, regional, local