Chapter 1 Key Issue 1

The relationship among people and objects across space is defined as

• scale

• connection

• diffusion

• denisty

• location

The art and science of making maps is

• cardemography

• cartography

• topography

• geomorphology

• geography

He invented the term "geography" and calculated the circumference of the Earth with .5% accuracy.

• Thales of Miletus

• Pythagorus

• Erastothenes

• Ptolemy

• Ibn Battuta

Gathering data about the Earth's surface from a satellite, spacecraft, or high-altitude balloon is

• GPS

• GIS

• Remote Sensing

• Aerial photography

• USGS

A computer system that stores, organizes, retrieves, analyzes, and displays geographic data is

• GIS

• GPS

• Remote sensing

• USGS

• Topographic analysis

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

• distribution

• interruption

• rendition

• scale

• projection

The International Date Line is measured approximately from

• 0 degrees latitude

• 0 degrees longitude

• 90 degrees latitude

• 180 degrees longitude

• 90 degrees longitude

All of the following countries have non-standard time zones except

• China

• India

• Canada

• Samoa

• Australia

All of the following are typical map distortions except

• Shape

• Relative size (area)

• Distance

• Direction

• Scale