geography

• what do geographers rely on for quantitive data to measure and compare wellbeing around the world

  GDP and literacy rates
• what are literacy rates and what are they used for

  literacy rates measure the percentage of adults who can read and write, and indicates education levels within countries
• what is a topographic map

  a map that indicates the features of the land’s surface, such as mountains, hills, and valleys. 
• in a topographic map a close contour line means

  a steep slope
• what are cartograms

  cartograms are maps that appear distorted and have aereas that appear thinner or more enlarged to represent a value rather land aerea.
• what is a choropleth

  a choropleth is a map that uses differences in colouring or shading to indicate the average value of a quanitity in those aereas