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1. immigrants people moving into a geographical area
2. emigrants people moving out of a geographical area
3. net migration the difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants
for a given geographical area in any given year
4. return migration permanent return of emigrants to their country of origin
5. travel visas documents that give temporary permission to enter a country
6. brain drain a wealthy country's recruiting the "best brains" from a poorer country by offering
higher-paying opportunities
7. brain gain benefits a receiving country experiences when highly skilled immigrants are lured
away from their country of origin when they accept higher-paying opportunities
8. brain waste situation that occurs when a receiving country fails to take advantage of all the
skills of an immigrant population
9. push factors conditions that encourage an individual to move from a location
10. pull factors conditions that influence migrants to move to a particular location
11. reference maps maps used to display important physical elements of a specific geographic area,
such as countries, rivers, mountains, etc.
12. thematic maps specialized maps used to understand one particular attribute or characteristic of
a specific geographic area; examples are population maps, weather maps, and
maps illustrating the spread of disease
13. literal maps maps that strive to display the objective truth about a specific geographic area
14. figurative maps maps that use symbols to represent a narrative or point of view; they are much
less concerned with physical accuracy than are literal maps
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15. analytical map- the use of cartography techniques to uncover and learn about patterns and trends
ping in a specific geographic area
16. map scale how the measurement of distance on a map corresponds to the distance on the
ground in the real world
17. representative a way of describing the scale of a map by using a ratio
fraction (RF)
18. small-scale a way of describing a map with a relatively small RF, where the various features of
the geography appear relatively small
19. large-scale a way of describing a map with a relatively large RF, where the various features of
the geography appear relatively large
20. coordinates the points on a specified reference system that define the location of a particular
place
21. Cartesian coordi- a reference system for a plane (a flat surface) based on the work of mathematician
nate system Rene Descartes, using x- and y-axes.
22. geographic coor- the reference system devised to locate particular places on the surface of the earth,
dinate system using lines of latitude and longitude
23. longitude one of a set of imaginary east-west lines that form part of the geographic coor-
dinate system
24. prime meridian the line of longitude that passes through Greenwich, UK, which is the starting
point for counting the rest of the lines of longitude
25. latitude one of a set of imaginary north-south lines that form part of the geographic
coordinate system
26. graticule the grid pattern in the geographic coordinate system
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27. projection a method of "flattening" a globe into a form that can be represented on a flat
surface
28. conformal pro- maps that preserve, in the process of projection, angles, although not necessarily
jections lengths
29. equal-area pro- maps that preserve, in the process of projection, the relative sizes of landmasses;
jections they do not, however, preserve shape well
30. equidistant pro- maps that preserve, in the process of projection, accurate distances from a central
jections point; they do not, however, preserve shape or size well
31. compromise, in- maps that blend characteristics to maintain as much accuracy as possible in
terrupted, and distance, size, and shape, conceding other characteristics; also, maps that have
artistic projec- beauty as their main objective
tions
32. dot density map a thematic map that uses points (dots) to represent the distribution (density) of
a particular attribute across a geographic area
33. proportional a thematic map that uses symbols in different sizes to represent the distribution
symbol map (density) of a particular attribute across a geographic area; the larger the symbol,
the greater the density
34. choropleth maps a thematic map that uses color (varying hues or varying saturations of the same
hue) to represent the distribution (density) of a particular attribute across a
geographic area
35. standardization in mapmaking, the process of defining the unit of measurement so that it can be
represented equivalently across a geographic area, rather than be distorted by
other characteristics, such as political boundaries
36. frequency table a simple representation, in organized tabular form, of raw data
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1. immigrants people moving into a geographical area
2. emigrants people moving out of a geographical area
3. net migration the difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants
for a given geographical area in any given year
4. return migration permanent return of emigrants to their country of origin
5. travel visas documents that give temporary permission to enter a country
6. brain drain a wealthy country's recruiting the "best brains" from a poorer country by offering
higher-paying opportunities
7. brain gain benefits a receiving country experiences when highly skilled immigrants are lured
away from their country of origin when they accept higher-paying opportunities
8. brain waste situation that occurs when a receiving country fails to take advantage of all the
skills of an immigrant population
9. push factors conditions that encourage an individual to move from a location
10. pull factors conditions that influence migrants to move to a particular location
11. reference maps maps used to display important physical elements of a specific geographic area,
such as countries, rivers, mountains, etc.
12. thematic maps specialized maps used to understand one particular attribute or characteristic of
a specific geographic area; examples are population maps, weather maps, and
maps illustrating the spread of disease
13. literal maps maps that strive to display the objective truth about a specific geographic area
14. figurative maps maps that use symbols to represent a narrative or point of view; they are much
less concerned with physical accuracy than are literal maps
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15. analytical map- the use of cartography techniques to uncover and learn about patterns and trends
ping in a specific geographic area
16. map scale how the measurement of distance on a map corresponds to the distance on the
ground in the real world
17. representative a way of describing the scale of a map by using a ratio
fraction (RF)
18. small-scale a way of describing a map with a relatively small RF, where the various features of
the geography appear relatively small
19. large-scale a way of describing a map with a relatively large RF, where the various features of
the geography appear relatively large
20. coordinates the points on a specified reference system that define the location of a particular
place
21. Cartesian coordi- a reference system for a plane (a flat surface) based on the work of mathematician
nate system Rene Descartes, using x- and y-axes.
22. geographic coor- the reference system devised to locate particular places on the surface of the earth,
dinate system using lines of latitude and longitude
23. longitude one of a set of imaginary east-west lines that form part of the geographic coor-
dinate system
24. prime meridian the line of longitude that passes through Greenwich, UK, which is the starting
point for counting the rest of the lines of longitude
25. latitude one of a set of imaginary north-south lines that form part of the geographic
coordinate system
26. graticule the grid pattern in the geographic coordinate system
, Introduction to Physical and Human Geography - D199
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27. projection a method of "flattening" a globe into a form that can be represented on a flat
surface
28. conformal pro- maps that preserve, in the process of projection, angles, although not necessarily
jections lengths
29. equal-area pro- maps that preserve, in the process of projection, the relative sizes of landmasses;
jections they do not, however, preserve shape well
30. equidistant pro- maps that preserve, in the process of projection, accurate distances from a central
jections point; they do not, however, preserve shape or size well
31. compromise, in- maps that blend characteristics to maintain as much accuracy as possible in
terrupted, and distance, size, and shape, conceding other characteristics; also, maps that have
artistic projec- beauty as their main objective
tions
32. dot density map a thematic map that uses points (dots) to represent the distribution (density) of
a particular attribute across a geographic area
33. proportional a thematic map that uses symbols in different sizes to represent the distribution
symbol map (density) of a particular attribute across a geographic area; the larger the symbol,
the greater the density
34. choropleth maps a thematic map that uses color (varying hues or varying saturations of the same
hue) to represent the distribution (density) of a particular attribute across a
geographic area
35. standardization in mapmaking, the process of defining the unit of measurement so that it can be
represented equivalently across a geographic area, rather than be distorted by
other characteristics, such as political boundaries
36. frequency table a simple representation, in organized tabular form, of raw data
