Edge APHuG 1.1-1.2 Quiz

According to the surviving evidence, the first person to write the word geography was

• Aristotle
• Eratosthenes
• Strabo
• Thucydides

Scale is

• the system used by geographers to transfer locations from a globe to a map
• the spread of a phenomenon over a given area.
• the difference in elevation between two points in an area.
• the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape.

1:24,000 is an example of what kind of scale?

• a bar line
• a metric scale
• a ratio or fraction
• a graphic scale

A mathematical process for transferring locations from a globe to a flat map is a(n)

• distribution
• projection
• rendition
• scale

All maps have

• distortion
• graduated circles.
• bar scale.
• multiple colors

Which map projection is most distorted at high latitudes?

• Robinson
• Mercator
• Azimuthal
• Peters

Which map projection is most politically correct according to the UN?

• Robinson
• Mercator
• Azimuthal
• Peters

Greenwich Mean Time is measured from

• 0 degrees latitude.
• 0 degrees longitude.
• 90 degrees latitude.
• 180 degrees longitude.

GPS stands for

• geographic place synthesis.
• global peoples standards.
• global positioning system.
• geographic positioning science

Geographic Information Systems uses multiple layers of information to produce

• computer maps.
• infrared satellite images.
• oblique images.
• hand drawn maps.