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What is bird conservation

bird conservation means "to save birds" its pretty simple

Piri Reis accurately mapped the coasts of

Europe and North Africa

Which aspect of a map indicates a particular type of feature or activity which is usually explained in the legend

Symbols

Maps exclude a lot more than they

all:include

GIS software produces representations of

visual; real-world data

A biologist might designate regions based on what

climate

What is a question normally asked by mapmakers before they design a new map

How large are each of the map elements?

A cultural geographer might be interested in regions defined by

the languages spoken

What are the reasons why groups of people leave a particular place called

The reasons groups of people leave a particular place are called push factors. Push factors are usually due to a difficulty such as war, natural disasters, food shortages, or inability to find jobs.

This map shows economic activity for a fictional region What aspects of the map could indicate a bias against manufacturing

The forestry and orchard symbols do not suggest negative impact

The smoke and colors used for the manufacturing symbol suggest an negative impact.

Maps are especially useful for showing aspects of the world that cannot be seen directly These include what

political boundaries

GIS stands for what in geography

Geographic Information System

Mercator projection The travels of Marco Polo Ibn Idrisi's world map Robinson projection Arrange these events from the history of cartography in the order in which they occurred

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Information about relative location can be use to find the location

based on where your standing.

The world maps created by idrisi were different from older maps created by Ptolemy because they

were based on the idea of a SE

In the fictional map which elements suggest relative location

South Island and Vertical Gridlines

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