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Basics to Human Geography Chapter 1 - Types of Maps

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Equal Area Projection   show
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Goodes-Homsoline Projection   show
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Goodes-Homsoline Projection   show
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Conformal Maps   show
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Lambert Conic Projection   show
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Lambert Conic Projection   show
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Mercator Map   show
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Effect of Right Angles   show
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show greatly exaggerates the landforms around the polar regions  
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show is useful for determinig distance on the surface of the earth  
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show Greenwich looks as though it is the size of Africa  
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Four Map Classes   show
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Cylindrical Map   show
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show mercator map  
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show shows true direction and examines the earth from one point  
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Planar Projection   show
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Azimuthal Projection   show
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show polar projection  
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Polar Projection   show
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Conic Projection   show
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show is a combination of the cylindrica; and conic projection  
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show mollewide projection  
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show map that displays one or more variables  
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show are used to determine geographic properties  
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Flow-Line Maps   show
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show thematic map  
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show puts data into a spacial format and are useful for determining demographic data by assigning colors or patterns to areas  
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Demographic Data   show
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Choropleth Maps   show
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Choropleth Maps   show
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show often shows population by size  
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show shows countries with a latrger population appear larger on the map  
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show China, India, United States, Indonesia, Brazil  
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show thematic map  
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Dot Maps   show
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Dot Maps   show
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Proportional Symbol Maps   show
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show map in which the size of a chosen symbol indicates the relative magnitude of some statistical value for a given geographic region  
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Isoline Map   show
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show a map with continuos lines joining points with the same value  
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Isoline   show
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Other Thematic Maps   show
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Mental Map   show
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Mental Map   show
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show an inmage of a portion of the Earth's surface that an individual creates in his or her mind  
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show a type of map projection that maintains the accurate size and shape of landmasses but completely rearanges direction  
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show the four cardinal directions have no meaning  
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show north, south, east, and west  
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show a amathematical method that involves transferring the Earth's sphere onto a flat surface  
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Map Projection   show
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Preference Map   show
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show mapthat shows reference information for a particular place  
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show is useful for finding landmarks and navigating  
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Robinson Projection   show
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Robinson Projection   show
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Topographic Map   show
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