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Other than maps, what are sources of geographic information that give information on culture?
photographs, databases, GIS, Primary sources, diagrams.
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What type of information can satelitte images give?
temperature, precipitation, pollution, landforms.
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Give 3 examples of databases.
computer hard drives, flash drive, phones, ipods.
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What is the first step in map making? (going to a site)
field study or survey
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Government records, diaries, and artifacts are examples of ....
primary sources
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What is the computer program that layers different types of maps?
GIS
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What type of map shows landforms like rivers, mountains, and lakes?
physical
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What type of map shows boundaries of countries, cities, and capitals?
Political
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What type of thematic map shows ways the area makes money like mining or fishing?
economic
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What type of map shows types of plants that grew in the area?
vegetation
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What type of maps shows the amount of people that live in an area (darker is more people)?
population density
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What measures distance north and south of the equator? 45*N
latitude
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What measures distance east and west of the prime meridian? 30*S
longitude
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What is the type of location that gives latitude and longitude?
absolute
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What runs through Greenwich, Enland?
Prime Meridian
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What type of location descibes spatial relationships between and among places like Tappahannock is on the Rappahannock River?
relative location
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What is a directional indicator?
compass rose
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If one map of Tappahannock shows the river on the bottom of the map and the other has the river on the right they have diffenent -----
orientations
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What determines the amount of detail shown on a map?
scale
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What type of map projection is used for ship navigation?
mercator because it has straight longitude lines
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What type of map is used for airline navigation?
polar
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What map projection is the best for size and shape of continents?
Robinson
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Which maps were more accurate during Columbus' time? western or eastern hemisphere?
eastern, western was just discovered.
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Why has the map of Africa changed so much?
colonization, wars, independence.
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What happened to Germany after WWII?
It split into East and West Germany.
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What former empire bordered Poland on the west, the Pacific on the east, and the Arctic on the north?
USSR or Soviet Union
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What country was formed in the Middle East during the 1960's from Palestinian territory?
Israel
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What are two other names for Taiwan?
Formosa and Republic of China
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Who claims the West Bank and Golan Heights territories of Israel?
Palestinians
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What peninsula hangs off of China is divided into two separate countries? Political differences-north is communist, south is democratic
Korea
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Who claims the disputed territory called Western Sahara?
Morocco
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What former country was made up of Bosnia, Croatia, and Montenegro and broke up because of ethnic conflicts?
Yugoslavia
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What countries claim Kashmir?
India and Pakistan
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Why does Pakistan want Kashmir?
Most of the people there are Muslim like them; India is Hindu.
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What is another name for the Persian Gulf?
Arabian Gulf; Arabs and Persians do not get along.
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What is another name for the Sea of Japan?
East Sea; North Koreans refused to call is Japan.
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Why is North Africa linked with SW Asia?
Similiar religion (Islam) and language (Arabic)
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What are 3 purposes of mental maps?
carry out daily activities, give directions, understand world events.
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What is another way to say objective and subjective information when referring to mental maps?
facts and opinions
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If mental maps indicate how well a person knows spatial arrangements, what do they know?
what is around them or an area
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How can you refine a mental map?
compare with atlas
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