GEOG 280 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Choropleth Map, Geographic Coordinate System, Contour Line
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Instructions: use your text, atlas, the power point presentations that are posted on blackboard, and anything else you might need, to answer each of the following questions and define each of the terms. The number at the end of each question indicates the page in your text. Think of a multivariate explanation for the process of global climate change. Multivariate means they involve several different factors and it can be hard to untangle the relative significance of each. Absolute location dictates where each place exists on a reference system. : longitude runes between 0 and 180 degrees. : latitude is measured as distance north or south from the equator. : place can be something quite objective representing a series of attributes found at a fixed location. In a point map, every incident is displayed as a point. Isoline maps use lines that connect points of equal value. Accessibility indicates how easy it is to move between different places.
