The Chief Examiner’s Report (2012) encourages teachers to provide opportunities for students to interpret and use information from various stimuli, for example, charts, diagrams, tables, maps of various scales, etc.
Choropleth maps use shading or colour to show variations in data. A legend or key provides information relating to the data. These maps are widely used in demographic studies where they show components of population change (Fig. 15.10).
Fig. 15.10 Choropleth map showing net migration by county 2011–2016 (CSO).
Net migration < –3,000 –3,000–0 0–3,000 > 3,000
CHECK YOUR LEARNING Examine the map in Figure 15.10 above and answer each of the following questions.
1. Name any two counties that experienced net out-migration greater than 3,000 persons. 2. Name any two counties that experienced net in-migration.
