Thinking Geographically

Map projection causes the distortion of a map in all of the following EXCEPT. 

• Shape
• Distance
• Direction
• Location

A world map would best be describe with having a __________ scale.

• Large
• Medium
• Small
• Ratio

_________ can capture, store, analyze, display, and layer geographic data.

• GIS
• GPS
• Remote Sensing
• Satellite Recording

This map projection was specifically created in an attempt to find a good compromise to the problem of readily showing the whole globe as a flat image

• Mercator
• Peters
• Robinson
• Goode

Locations derive their names from physical features, cultural links, historical events...these names are known as... 

• Site 
• Place
• Situation
• Toponym

The Mercator projection distorts...

• Areas near the Equator
• Polar Regions
• Longitudinal Meridians
• Lines of Tropics

_______ is defined as a geographic area with similar features, including both cultural and natural elements.

• Cultural landscape
• Venacular Region
• Place Theme
• Site Factors

The science of map making is known as...

• Geology
• Mapology
• Cartography
• Earth Writing

Geographers Humboldt and Ritter theorized that the physical environment influenced social development.

• possibilism
• environmental determinism
• cultural ecology
• physical processes

He was the first the coin the word "geography" meaning Earth-Writing

• Ptolemy
• Aristotle
• Eratosthenes
• Ritter