| A | B |
|---|
| Mercator | standard projection map |
| verbal scale | "1 inch=1 mile" |
| projection | used to show curved surface of earth on flat paper |
| small scale | shows main features of certain area with little detail |
| cartogram | shows proportional statistics of population instead of area |
| 180 degrees | bearing for south |
| scale | ratio of real distance to map |
| latitude | parallel lines running across measures distance north or south of equator |
| longitude | meridians measuring distance east or west of Prime meridian |
| cartographer | mapmaker |
| canal | human made waterway |
| strait | natural, narrow waterway |
| isthmus | land bridge |
| peninsula | land surrounded by water on 3 sides |
| delta | fertile land at mouth of river |
| archipelago | chain of islands |
| large scale | specific area shown in greater detail |
| North | cardinal direction |
| Southeast | intermediate direction |
| Location | where it is; can be absolute or relative |
| Place | unique characteristics |
| HEI | Human Environment Interaction |
| Movement | how things and ideas move |
| Region | similiar or common characteristics |
| 5 Themes | Little People Have More Recess |
| 7 Universals | PERSIA |
| material culture | things; ex. house, clothes |
| non-material culture | ideas; ex. loyality, patriotism |
| subculture | group within a culture |
| xenophobic | fear of foreign things or ideas |
| "Green Banana" | open- mindedness; centers of world |
| assimilation | process of adopting a new culture |
| acculturation | process of learning a culture |
| multi-culturalism | when cultures co-exist but do not combine |
| diffusion | spread of a culture traits or ideas |
| Postville | location in Iowa where different cultures meet |
