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Geography Skills Handbook
Essential Vocabulary and
Map Reading Skills
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Why is this Important? Geography skills provide the tools
and methods for us to understand the relationships between people, places, and environments. We use geographic skills when we make daily personal decisions -where to buy a home; where to get a job; how to get to the shopping mall; where to go on vacation.
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Why is this Important?
Community decisions, such as where to locate a new school or how to solve problems of air and water pollution, also require the skillful use of geographic information.
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Why is this Important?
This Geography Skills Handbook introduces you to the basic geographic tools-globes, maps, graphs-and explains how to use them. These resources will help you get the most out of your geography course-and provide you with skills you will use for the rest of your life.
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Thinking Like a Geographer
Skill Example (s) Tools/Technique
Ask
Acquire
Organize
Analyze
Answer
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Latitude, Longitude, and Location Geography is often said to begin with the
question: Where? Although this question can be answered in many ways the basic tool for finding the answer is location. Lines on globes and maps provide information that can help you locate places. These lines cross one another, forming a pattern called a grid system. This system helps you find exact places on the Earth’s surface.
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Grid System
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Latitude: Parallels: Parallel to the
Equator, measure the distance north and south of the Equator in degrees. Equator measured at 0° latitude, the poles are 90 ° N and 90° S.
North latitude: Parallels north of the Equator
South latitude: Parallels south of the Equator
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Longitude: Meridians: Circle the
Earth from Pole to Pole. Run east and west of the Prime Meridian.
Prime Meridian: Line of longitude that runs through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England.
East longitude: Places east of the PM
West longitude: Places west of the PM
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The Global Grid
Absolute location: A global address where latitude and longitude lines cross exactly at that place. Example: Tokyo, Japan is located at
36°N latitude and 140°E longitude. Minutes: Give a more precise
reading; each degree of latitude and longitude is subdivided into 60 units.
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So How Do I Read a Global Grid?
Just like a graph in math class.
Why is this grid no good?
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From Globs to Maps A globe is a scale model of the earth.
Because the earth is round, a globe presents the most accurate depiction of geographic information such as area, distance, and direction. However, globes show little close-up detail.
A printed map is a symbolic representation of all or part of the planet on a flat piece of paper. Unlike globes, maps can show small areas in great detail. Another advantage of printed maps is that they can be folded, stored, and easily carried from place to place.
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From 3-D to 2-D
Cartographers: Mapmakers Issues: When the curves of the
globe become straight lines on a map, distortion of size, shape, distance, or area occurs.
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How Map Projections Work
Map Projections: Purpose of the map dictates which style is used.
Planar Cylindrical Conic
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Projections and their Uses Planar
Projection Cylindrical Projection
Conic Projection
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Common Map Projections The curved surface of the earth cannot
be shown accurately on a flat map. Every map projection stretches or breaks the curved surface of the planet in some way as it is flattened. Distance, direction, shape, or area may be distorted.
Cartographers have developed many map projections, each with some advantages and some degree of inaccuracy. Four of the most popular map projections, named for the cartographers who developed them, are shown below.
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Winkel-Tripel Projection NG official
projection Good size/shape
balance Polar areas
distorted
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Robinson Projection Developed before
the Winkel-Tripel Minor distortions,
poles are very distorted
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Let’s Compare…
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Goode’s Interrupted Equal-Area Projection Good to show
data True size/shape of
landmasses Distance distorted
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Mercator Projection Useful for sea
travel Further from
equator, become extremely distorted
Shows true size/shape of landmasses
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Reading A Map In addition to scale and the lines of
latitude and longitude, maps feature other important tools to help you interpret the information they contain. Learning to use these map tools will help you read the symbolic language of maps.
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Key/Legend Every map
has different symbols, to assure that the symbols used are clear every map contains a key; a list that explains what the symbols stand for.
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Boundary Lines On political
maps boundary lines highlight the borders between different countries, states, or counties.
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Compass Rose A marker to
indicate direction
Cardinal Directions: N, S, E, W
Intermediate Directions: NE, NW, SE,
SW
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Scale Bar Shows the
relationship between map measurements and actual distances.
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Cities Represented
by dots. Relative sizes of cities can be used by using dots of different size.
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Capitals National capitals
are often represented by a star with in a circle.
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Small-Scale Maps A small-scale map can show a large area
but little detail. Note that the scale bar for this map indicates that about ½ an inch is equal to 200 miles and about 300 kilometers.
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Large-Scale Maps A large-scale map
can show a small area on the earth’s surface with a great amount of detail. Note that map measurements correspond to much smaller distances than on a small-scale map.
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Absolute and Relative Location As you learned before, a place’s
absolute location is found at the precise point where one line of latitude crosses a line of longitude. Another way that people indicate location is by relative location. You may be told, for example, to look for a street that is “two blocks north: of another street. Relative location is the location of one place in relation to another place.
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Absolute and Relative Location To find relative location, find a reference
point—a location you already know—on a map. Then look in the appropriate direction for the new location. For example, locate Houston (your reference point) on this map. The relative location of Dallas can be described as northwest of Houston and Galveston can be described as southeast of Houston.
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Types of Maps Maps are prepared for many uses.
The use for which a map is intended determines the kinds of information it contains. Learning to recognize a map’s purpose will help you make the best use of its content.
General Purpose Maps: Used for reference, education, and
travel. There are 2 main types:
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Physical Map
Shows location and the topography, or shape, or the earth’s physical features. Physical maps use colors or patterns to indicate relief—the difference in elevation, or height, of landforms.
These physical features often help to explain the historical development of a country.
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Physical Map
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Political Map
Shows the boundaries between countries. Smaller internal division, such as states or countries, may also be indicated by different symbols.
Political maps often show human-made features such as capitals, cities, roads, highways, and railroads.
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Political Map
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Special Purpose Maps Maps that emphasize a single idea or a
particular kind of information about an area are called special-purpose maps. There are many kinds of special-purpose maps, each designed to serve a different need: relief maps, climate maps, population density maps, vegetation maps, elevation profiles, economic activity maps, and cartograms.
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Graphs, Charts, and Diagrams
In addition to globes and maps, geographers use other visual representations to display and interpret dat. Graphs, charts, and diagrams provide valuable information in forms that are well organized and easy to read.
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Graphs
A graph is a visual representation of information. There are many kinds of graphs, each suitable for certain purposes. Most graphs show two sets of data, one displayed along the vertical axis and the other displayed along the horizontal axis. Labels on these axes identify the data being displayed.
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Line Graph
Shows change in two variables or changing sets of circumstances over periods of time.
To analyze data on a line graph, study the changes and trends as shown by the line.
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Bar Graph
Shows comparisons. To analyze a bar graph, note the differences in quantities.
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Circle Graph
Also called a pie chart, shows the relationship of parts to a whole.
Percentages are indicated by relative size and sometimes by color.
To analyze a circle graph, study the relationships of areas to one another and to the whole.
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Charts and Tables
Data are arranged in columns and rows in a chart or table. Charts and tables display facts in an organized manner and make comparisons easy. To find key information in a chart or table look for the intersections of columns and rows.
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Diagrams
A diagram is a drawing that shows what something is or how something is done. Many diagrams feature several drawings or sections that show the steps in a process.