Mental Maps Quiz

What is a mental map?

• A picture of a map in your head
• A map in an atlas
• A drawing of a map
• A map you designed 

Why is everyone's mental maps different? 

• Not everyone sees the same thing
• Maps are different all over the world
• Better background knowledge
• This is false, everyone's is the same

Lines on a map separate countries are called _______ and ________. 

• Borders and Boundaries
• Background and Borders
• Boundaries and Bubbles
• Borders and Beliefs

Which of these ways can a country get its shape?

• Go to war with another country
• Ask another country for land

Which of these ways can a country get its shape?

• Buy or sell land from another country
• Dig in the dirt around their land

Which of these ways can a country get its shape?

• Rivers and Mountains
• Put up a fence

What does visual association mean?

• A place that looks familiar
• A shape you have never seen. 
• A place you imagine
• A place near the equator

One example of a visual association is:

• The angel in the Middle East
• The anchor in the Middle East
• The angel in North America
• The anchor in North America

How do we build mental maps through visual association? 

• They help me remember the shapes of places
• They help me remember directions
• They help me remember pictures
• They help me remember geometric shapes

How can mapping data help us to analyze the data? 

• Shows us where the most and least expensive big macs are
• Show us where the most big macs are sold
• Show us how much big macs cost
• Show us where people eat McDonalds