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1. Map scale: refers to a relationship of a feature’s size on a map to its actual size on
earth. Can be a statement (1 inch equals 1 mile), a ration (1:100) or a graphic bar.
2. Location: where something is described as either absolute [blank] or relative [blank]
3. Cartography: the science of map making.
4. Distance: how far apart two features are
5. Distortion: this happens when trying to make a three-dimensional world a flat map.
There are four different kinds of this.
6. Projection: the process of transferring locations on the earth’s surface to a flat map.
7. U.S. Land Ordinance: made a system of townships divided by prime meridians and
base lines.
8. GIS: global information system. Computer mapping that can store many layers of
information.
9. Place: the unique location of a feature.
10. Region: areas distinguished by a combination of physical and cultural features.
11. Toponyms: a name for a place that assumes people know what you are talking about
(east l.a., next to Stevenson middle school, etc.)
12. Site: a way of describing location by using the physical character of a place.
13. Situation: the location of a place relative to other places.
14. Mathematical Location: the location of any place on earth’s surface described
precisely using meridian and parallels (a numbering system like longitude)
15. Longitude: a system of lines that run north to south and help locate places.
16. Latitude: a system of lines that run east to west.
17. Meridian: an arc drawn between the north and south poles.
18. Cultural Landscape: a way of describing a region as having its own unique
combination of physical processes and social relationships.
19. Functional Region: organized around a focal point. Used to display economic
information.
20. Vernacular Region: a place that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity.
21. Spatial Association: a way of thinking about regions that have complex processes like
cancer rates that may be connected to physical location.
22. Culture: a body of beliefs, mental traits, and social forms that together make a
tradition of a group of people.
23. Cartography: the science of map making
24. Physical Geography: about where features (like rivers mountains etc) are distributed
on earths surface.
25. Human Geography: about the where and thy why people and activities are where they
are.