9. Reading the Landscape Where is this place? What clues on the landscape or in the women’s appearance might tell you where you are?
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12. Comparison of Map Scales Small Scale Map Small Representative Fraction Portrays Large Area Large-Scale Map Large Representative Fraction Portrays Small Area
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16. Latitude vs. Longitude Parallels of Latitude Range from 90°N to 90°S Equator at 0° Meridians of Longitude Range from 180°W to 180°E Prime Meridian at 0°
17. What are the approximate latitude & longitude coordinates for these European cities?
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19. Common Map Projections Azimuthal Projection North Pole Azimuthal Equidistant Cylindrical Projection Mercator Conic Projection Albers Equal Area Conic
22. Thematic Map Choropleth Map Each country is filled in with a distinguishing color representing its Per Capita GNI PPP.
23. Thematic Map Isarithmic Map Instead of using political boundaries, shading is applied to areas having similar amounts of the variable being mapped, in this case population density.
24. Thematic Map Graduated Symbol Map Symbols can be scaled proportionally to the quantity of the data being mapped. In the cartogram above (a specific type of graduated symbol map), the countries have been resized based on relative population.
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