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| 7292120992 | mercator map | latitude and longitude are straight, destorting continents and poles |  | 0 |
| 7292121880 | robinson | Distorts shape, area,scale, and distance in an attempt to balance the errors of projection properties |  | 1 |
| 7292122990 | winkel-tripel | Scale is true along the central meridian and constant along the equator, distorted in the outer meridians near the pole region, used by National Geographic |  | 2 |
| 7292131077 | hobo-dyer | Way of placing a 3 dimensional map on a 2 dimensional paper without tons of distortion to the oceans and continents,compressed at the poles but well preserved between 45 degrees |  | 3 |
| 7292143639 | globe | not practical for navigation |  | 4 |
| 7292148293 | cartogram | a map that distorts the shapes and sizes of countries or other political regions to represent the frequency or intensity of a particular phenomena in that area | 5 | |
| 7292154411 | dot distribution diagram | a map where dots are used to demonstrate the frequency of intensity of phenomena | 6 | |
| 7292159190 | map projection | a systematic transformation of locations on the surface of a round 3-D earth on a flat piece of paper | 7 | |
| 7292163921 | mental map | an individual's perception, impression, and understanding of how space is laid out | 8 | |
| 7292175573 | contagious diffusion | distance-controlled spreading of an idea innovation or some other item through local population by contact from person to person | 9 | |
| 7292185453 | sense of place | feelings evoked by people as a result of certain experiences and memories associated with a particular place | 10 | |
| 7292185487 | hierarchal diffusion | form of diffusion in which an idea or innovation spreads by passing first among the most connected people or places | 11 | |
| 7292189426 | absolute location | identifies a precise location/place often through latitude and longitude of certain place | 12 | |
| 7292196504 | vernacular/perceptual region | region that only exists as an idea based on different traits to different people and is therefore hard to draw clear boundaries | 13 | |
| 7292204121 | concentration | spread of something of a given area; clustered or dispersed | 14 | |
| 7292218432 | independent invention | the concept that a trait was invented in different hearths without diffusion | 15 | |
| 7292223608 | distance decay | the decline and eventual disappearance of a phonon with increasing space from its origin | 16 | |
| 7292233757 | expansion diffusion | the general spread of ideas or material trait spread outward from a hearth and grows continuously larger | 17 | |
| 7292295909 | pattern | the geometric arrangement of objects in space | 18 | |
| 7292303179 | site | the physical characteristics of a place | 19 | |
| 7292308190 | relative location | the position of a place in relation to another place | 20 | |
| 7292312481 | time-space compression | the reduction in the time it takes to diffuse something to a distant place as a result of improved communications and transportation | 21 | |
| 7292322575 | hearth | the region from which innovative ideas or material traits originate | 22 | |
| 7292326977 | relocation diffusion | the spread of an idea though physical movement or migration of people from one place to another | 23 | |
| 7292331691 | stimulus diffusion | the spread of underlying principle, even though a specific characteristic is rejected | 24 | |
| 7292348285 | global positioning system | using satellite system for determining the absolute location of places or geographic features | 25 | |
| 7292351563 | density | # of any variable per unit area | 26 | |
| 7292355420 | time zones | 24 regions or devisions of the globe approximately conceding with meridians at successive hours from the observatory at Greenwich,England.Each degree is 15 degrees longitude. | 27 | |
| 7292381595 | geographic informational systems (GSI) | a collection of computer hardware and software that permits spatial data to be collected, recorded, stored, retrieved, manipulated, analyzed, and displayed all at once or in layers | 28 | |
| 7292481658 | cartography | the study and practice of making maps | 29 | |
| 7292516977 | what is the great circle? | cuts the earth in two equal halves | 30 | |
| 7292527966 | how many time zones are in the US | 6 but four in continuous US | 31 | |
| 7292536651 | IF you go east of the international date line do you lose or gain day? | you lose a day if you go east and gain day if you go west | 32 | |
| 7292544475 | three types of mapping scales | -numerical ratio(1:1000) -bar(visible manner) -phase(i inch= 1 mile) | 33 | |
| 7292553043 | what is a location/general purpose/reference map? | location and topography of Earth's physical features ,boundaries, and between other units of government | 34 | |
| 7292578741 | what is a topographic map? | the details of physical features | 35 | |
| 7292578742 | what is a thematic/special purpose map? | emphasizes single idea of particular kind of info | 36 | |
| 7292857559 | Pierce quincuncial | Equal area cylindrical, areas of equal size on the globe are also equal size on the map | 37 | |
| 7292857560 | Van de griten | Distortion increases from the equator to the poles,minimal at the equator but much at the poles is most accurate at the 75th parallels | 38 | |
| 7292857561 | Dymaxion(fuller) | Distortion increases as the distance from the facet edges increase, overall shape distortion is low, north direction is not upright , direction is distorted however scale is correct along the facet edges |  | 39 |
| 7292857562 | Goode homolosine | No distortion along the central meridians, areas are represented accurately, is only useful for world maps |  | 40 |
| 7292857563 | Plate carrèe | Distortion increases as the distance from the standard parallels increase,NSWE directions are accurate but general directions are not; best used for city maps or other places with small areas |  | 41 |
| 7292857564 | Waterman Butterfly | Shows equator,continental shapes, distances, areas, angular distortions, and relative positions, distortion of Ellesmere Island and Greenland |  | 42 |
| 7292857565 | Gall-Peters Projection | Equal area, equal axis, equal positions, fairness to all people |  | 43 |
| 7293002919 | chloropleth | thematic map in which areas are shaded or patterned in proportion to the measurements of the statistical variable being displayed |  | 44 |
| 7293194743 | isoline map | a thematic map displaying lines that connect points of equal value often used for weather or elevation | 45 | |
| 7293229879 | data aggregation | in any process which information is gathered and expressed in a summary form | 46 | |
| 7293238091 | remote sensing | the science of obtaining info about objects or areas from a distance, typically from aircraft or satellites | 47 | |
| 7293248739 | proportional symbol | a map where the size of a symbol varies depending on the frequency of variable being studied | 48 |
