GEG 100 ONLINE! Cultural Geography Review Exercises - Chapter 1

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Question 1

Cartographers (mapmakers) make five critical decisions about map construction that greatly influence the message conveyed by the map.

1. projection
2. simplification
3. map scale
4. aggregation
5. map type

 

The maps below represent each of these five critical decisions. MATCH the map to the decision type.

MAP	DECISION TYPE
map 1:
map 2:
map 3:
map 4:
map 5:

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map 1

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map 2

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map 3

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map 4

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map 5

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Question 2

MAP SCALE

1. There are three ways to represent map scale:

1. verbal scale
2. graphic scale
3. representative fraction

Match these with the

type:	type:	type:

2. Which of the following maps is a smaller scale, both maps measure 4 inches by 4 inches?

A. a map of the united states

B. a map of the world

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Question 3

About one-half of all African Americans live in the South. About the same number live outside the South in large urban areas of the Northeast, Midwest, and West. What are the false impressions created by the County Choropleth and County Circle maps below?

County Choropleth Map	County Graduated Circle Map

Answer:

 

 

 

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Question 4

Which of the following maps is an EQUAL FREQUENCY map and which is an EQUAL INTERVAL?

Map A	Map B

MAP A	MAP B

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Question 5

Look at the map below. Where is there the most rapid change in the percentage of African Americans? Explain your answer.

 

 

 

 

 

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