What technology was revolutionized by spatial analysis and cartography?
a.
the abacus
b.
the satellite
c.
the telescope
d.
geographic information system

D. Geographic Information System

Explanation:

Geographic Information System is the use of images of the surface of the Earth for the realization of studies. It is considered a revolutionary system for cartography because it allows the obtaining of information without the direct contact between the researcher or the equipment and the object of study. Firstly, this technique was used through aerial photographs taken from balloons, already in the nineteenth century, and is currently instrumentalized, preferably by satellites and airplanes.

The Geographic Information System is the set of techniques and technological procedures that aims to represent and collect data from the terrestrial surface without the need for direct contact. Therefore, all information is obtained through sensors and instruments in general. This process is linked to the treatment, storage and analysis of such data in order to better understand the phenomena that appear on the surface.

a rain shadow is a dry region of land on the side that is protected against the prevailing winds of a mountain range. the prevailing winds are the winds that occur most of the time in a particular place of the earth

prevailing winds carry air toward the mountain range. as the air rises up over a mountain range, the air cools, water vapor condenses, and clouds form. on this side of the mountains, called the windward side, precipitation falls in the form of  rain  or snow. this dry air produces a  rain shadow.