Do Now: Rank the maps on the back of your sheet, then give evidence to explain your rankings. Have outs TONIGHT’s Homework Pencil, Notebook, Binder Catch up on outline Pages 14-18

Review: Five Themes of Geography Location Place Region Human-Environment Interaction Movement

Extra: Cultural Landscape Cultural landscape = the visible imprint of human activity on the landscape Ex. Sequent occupance: when multiple societies leave an imprint on a place

Mumbai, India (left) and Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania (right). Figure 1.9 Mumbai, India (left) and Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania (right). Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.

Day 4: Maps & Cartography AP Human Geography Day 4: Maps & Cartography

Key Point #1: Maps Maps are a tool used by geographers to represent spatial patterns and process at different scales

Scale

Key Point #2: The Problem All map projections distort spatial relationships (space, area, distance, or direction. Example: the Mercator projection distorts size

The Robinson Projection is hard to see poles

A polar map is useful for pilots, but you can’t see the entire world!

Key Point #4: Types of Maps Reference Thematic

Key Point #5: Reference Maps Reference Maps: show location of places and geographic features Physical Political

Key Point #6: Thematic Maps Thematic Maps: tell stories, showing the degree of a movement or attribute Dot Cholropleth Isolene Graduated Symbol Cartogram

Dot Map Uses dots to represent a phenomenon or feature

Chloropleth Map Difference in shading and coloring to indicated quantity

Cartogram A map where the theme is substituted for land area

Graduated Symbol Where symbols change in size proportional to the value they represent

Isoline Map A map where lines connect things of equal value