Review of Geographers' Tools

How Geographers Look at the World

The Geographers Tools

Multiple Choice

A Mercator Projection Map has the benefit of showing

• relatively accurate shapes, so great circle maps appear as straight lines.

• accurate representation from its center, so it is used to map the Poles.

• true direction, which is useful for ocean navigation.

• distortions only where it is sliced into an irregular shape like an orange peel.

Multiple Choice

Internal maps relate to

• individuals’ subjective perception of the geographic world around them.

• specific topics in geography such as landforms, vegetation, or population of a known area.

• maps inside technical devices like GPS systems in cars that help us find places.

• layers of information such as soils, zoning, and population within composite maps.

Multiple Choice

What is the key function of geographic information systems?

• to link places to one another when rugged terrain makes communication difficult

• to link resource providers and potential markets

• to link images and data from satellites and other sources

• to link computers in different geographic areas