Introduction to Geography: People, Places, and Environment, Global Edition

Published by Pearson
ISBN 10: 1-29206-126-X
ISBN 13: 978-1-29206-126-9

Chapter 1 - Introduction to Geography - Review and Discussion Questions - Page 75: 8

Answer

Physical representation of the lands and the countries that form the land can be made on paper in form of ‘maps’. The only difference that separates a map from another is the ‘scale’ that is used, which decides the volume of the data represented on the map. A ‘large’ scale map is a map which describes a small sized geographical area, say a state, a county or a province with a greater amount of detail, for example: 1 : 1,000,000 scale. A ‘small’ scale map in contrast to the ‘large’ scale map is a map which shows a large volume of lands, usually countries and continents of a particular area in the world – a country such as Germany, the countries in a continent such as Asia and the number of countries and continents in a hemisphere of the earth – the Northern hemisphere or the Southern hemisphere. The scale used for display of information on a small scale map is usually around 1 : 1,000.

Work Step by Step

Physical representation of the lands and the countries that form the land can be made on paper in form of ‘maps’. The only difference that separates a map from another is the ‘scale’ that is used, which decides the volume of the data represented on the map. A ‘large’ scale map is a map which describes a small sized geographical area, say a state, a county or a province with a greater amount of detail, for example: 1 : 1,000,000 scale. A ‘small’ scale map in contrast to the ‘large’ scale map is a map which shows a large volume of lands, usually countries and continents of a particular area in the world – a country such as Germany, the countries in a continent such as Asia and the number of countries and continents in a hemisphere of the earth – the Northern hemisphere or the Southern hemisphere. The scale used for display of information on a small scale map is usually around 1 : 1,000.
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