choropleth map
A choropleth map showing Global Militarization Index (relative weight and importance of the military apparatus)
Meaning
Noun
- A thematic map in which the distribution of some property is shown using different colours.
Origin
- From Ancient Greek χώρα ("location") + πλῆθος + English map. First proposed in 1938 by American geographer John Kirtland Wright to mean "quantity in area," although maps of the type have been used since the early 19th century.
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