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Maps:
* Directional Indicator shows only one direction, while a Compass Rose gives us every side.
* Number= absolute locations
* Other locations to help localize one location= relative location
* Scale= line that indicates the size
* Cambios geológicos= pasan en miles de años

Types of map:

* Physical/Topographic al maps- represents the earth in terms of elevation* Elevation/Relief= distance above the sea level
* Political maps= shows the countries and their borders
* Thematic map= theme, topic, a map based on a specific topic. All maps are thematic maps.

Geography Basics
First things that come to mind when you think of geography:

* Latitude and longitude lines- locations
* Maps
* World
* Culture
* Pangaea- it’s atheory, not a fact
* Evolution
* Government\Economy
* Religion
* History
* Topography- land scape of the earth
* Wars- history
* Populations
* Bodies of water
* Land marks
* Architecture
* Measurements- distance- longitude and longitude- direction
* Continents
* Flora and fauna
* Climate- daily changes in the atmosphere (tropical)
*Anthropology

* History and Location make Culture

Europe and Asia, why are they different continents if they are part of the same large land mass? Just because. No other reason. Just because.

What is the name of the large land mass? Eurasia

What separates Europe from Asia? The Ural Mts. and the Caspian Sea.

Why did both continents develop separately even though they are the same largeland mass? Because of lack of communication from both sides.

Where are the Ural Mountains? In the Himalayas.

Chinese people made the clay soldiers to fool the enemy into thinking they had hundreds of soldiers on the Great Wall, protecting the boundaries.

The Earth is inclined in proportion to the sun, 23.5 degrees. Like the tropics; that’s why they start there.

* Pros and Cons ofMaps and Globes:

* Globes:
* True to life representation of the Earth.
* Earth’s ideal representation.
* Advantages:
* It represents what the Earth is like.
* Disadvantages:
* Not portable.
* Information is limited, due to the space factor.
* Only one side can be seen at the time.
* Map:
* Flatrepresentation of the Earth.
* Advantages:
* Portable
* Information is great, due to the fact it can be specified in one location
* All sides can be seen at once
* Disadvantages:
* Doesn’t represent Earth like it is

Types of maps:

* Political: boundaries
* Topographic: elevation
* Thematic: themes of maps
* Qualitative: pattern,tendency
* Cartogram: data, information
* Flow-line: movement

Legacy, something that is inherited.
Why when some place is conquest the people emplace their language and religion? For communication and religion to change their customs and emplace theirs.

Vocabulary- Map Projections

Ways in which a round surface is transferred into a flat one.

* Cylindrical projection: used tomake ONLY world maps (-Round to Flat)
* Mercaton-example of cylindrical projections
* Robinson-example of cylindrical projections
Areas nearer to the Equator look more precise and the farthest ones are distorted. Why? Because they look larger than they are
* Conic prediction: is used to make maps of specifics area of the earth, Continents, countries, bodies of water, etc.
*Flat-plain projection: used only to map the poles.

Five Themes of a Map:

1. Location- Where is it?
a. Relative- the position of one place in relation to another (compass rose)
b. Absolute- the exact location (latitude and longitude)
2. Place (singular) - What is it like?
c. Physical Geography- Topography + Climate
d. Human Geography- Culture
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