AP Human Geography Maps – Flashcards
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Erastosthenes
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created one of the first maps know to the world
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Ptolemy
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Created maps based on information collected by merchants and soldiers that traveled throughout the Roman Empire.
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Pei Xiu
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"Father of Chinese Cartography" Produced map of China
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Muhammad al-Idrisi
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Prepared a world map and geography text. Built off Ptolemy map
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Columbus, Magellan, and explorers
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who sailed across the ocean in search for trade routes and resources. Needed accurate maps to not wreck ships.
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Martin Waldseemuller
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Produced first map with the label "America"
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Abraham Ortelius
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Created the 1st modern atlas
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Bernhardus Varenius
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Produced "geographia generalis", stood for standard "treatise" on systematic geography.
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Projection:
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the scientific method of transferring locations on Earth's surface to a flat map
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Topographic Maps
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shows the contour lines of elevation(landscape features)
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Contour Lines
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Markings on a topographic map that show the elevation of the land being represented
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Thematic Maps
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each one expresses a particular subject and does not show land forms or other features 1. cloropleth 2. isoline 3. dot-density 4. flow-line 5. cartograms
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cloropleth maps
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geographic variability of a particular theme using color
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isoline map
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calculate data values between points across a variable surface (weather channel)
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isotherms
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temperature countour lines
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dot density maps
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use dots to show the volume and density of a geographic feature
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flow line map
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uses lines with varying thickness to show the direction and volume of a particular geographic movement pattern(immigrants to the u.s)
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cartograms
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simplified geometries to represent real world places (cart=walmart=map of how much of the area has that place)
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linear cartograms
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often used in subway sytems where the exact route is less important then the items along the way
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cylindrical map class
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shows true direction but loses distance ex: mercator map projection
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planar map class
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shows true direction and examines the earth from a top down view ex: azimuthal projection
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conic map class
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puts a cone over the earth and tries to keep distance intact but loses directional distance ex: conic map/party hat map
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oval map class
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combo of the cylindrical and conic projections ex:mOllyweide projection
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equal area projection
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maps keep the size or count of are intact but distorts shape ex: Goodes and robinson
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conformal
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distorts area but keeps shape intact ex:pooleys
