Most mix-ups happen when two words sit next to each other. These are the 4 pairs
worth practicing apart. The 3 marked most confused are the ones the course
itself flags, or that sit closest together.
Cover the right-hand column with your hand, read the left definition, and say which term it
is out loud before you look. Then swap sides.
most confused
satellite image
A picture from orbit. Useful raw material.
vs
map
A picture a person made, choosing what to show. Satellites do not replace that person.
How to tellPage 1. Orbit helps. Humans still make the map.
most confused
15th–16th century leap
Age of exploration. Several table names sit here (Columbus 1492, Piri Reis 1513, Mercator 1569).
vs
20th century leap
Technology boom. Robinson 1963 sits here. Computers and GIS follow.
How to tellThe lesson's two jump periods, not a smooth slope.
most confused
Mercator (1569)
Cylindrical. Whole world on a rectangle. Poles stretch.
vs
Robinson (1963)
Compromise oval. A little stretch everywhere so nothing looks extreme.
How to tellYou already met both families in 1.3.1. The new job is the dates.
computer GIS map
Current trend: databases and software.
vs
hand-drawn map
Still made and used. The lesson says so on purpose.
How to tellNot either/or. Both exist now.
If you only remember one thingDemography is the study; demographics are the data. Population is how
many; density is how packed. Deviance is society rejecting you; a
counterculture is a group rejecting society. Culture shock is the feeling;
acculturation is the adjusting.
