Unit I: Thinking Geographically
Big Ideas
Patterns and Spatial Organization
Why do geographers study relationships and patterns among and between places?
Impacts and Interactions
How do geographers use maps to help them discover patterns and relationships in the world?
Spatial Processes and Societal Change
How do geographers use a spatial perspective to analyze complex issues and relationships?
TOPIC 1.1 Introduction to Maps
Main Idea: Geographers use maps and data to depict relationships of time, space, and scale.
Objective: Identify types of maps, the types of information presented in maps, and different kinds of spatial patterns and relationships portrayed in maps.
Unit 1 Topic 1 [Vocabulary]
1. Map
2. Cartography
3. Geographic information science (GIScience)
4. Geographic information system (GIS)
5. Photogrammetry
6. remote sensing
7. Global Positioning System (GPS)
8. geotagging
9. Volunteered geographic information (VGI)
10. Mashup
11. Meridian
12. Longitude
13. Parallel
14. Latitude
15. Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
16. Prime Meridian
17. International Date Line
18. Projection
19. Scale
20. Choropleth map
21. Graduated symbol map
22. Isoline map
23. Dot distribution map
24. Cartogram
25. Map scale
Vocabulary Due in Notebook by Thursday
the 28th of August
2025
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