World Geography Ch.1 Test

_______ Provide the tools and methods for us to understand the relationships between people, places, and the environments.

• Globe

• Great Circle Route

• Geography Skills

• Planar Projection

A _______ is a scale model of the Earth.

• Conic Projection

• Planar Projection

• Cartographers

• Globe

_______ uses mathematical formulas to transfer information from the three-dimensional globe to the two dimensional map.

• Cartographers

• The Global Grid

• Map

• Great Circle Route

A printed _______ is a symbolic representation of all or part of the planet.

• Planar Projection

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Map

An imaginary line that follows the curve of the Earth is ________.

• The Global Grid

• The Great Circle Route

• Thematic Map

• Qualitative Map

To create maps, cartographers project the round Earth onto a flat surface--making a _________

• Mercator Projection

• Conic Projection

• The Great Circle Route

• Map Projection

Which projection is based on the projection of the globe onto a cylinder, and is most accurate near the Equator?

• Planar Projection

• Map Projection

• Robinson Projection

• Cylindrical Projection

Lines on globes and maps provide information that can help you locate places is ___________.

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Grid System

• Location

A ________ projection comes from placing a cone over part of a globe.

• Conic

• Planar

• Winkel Tripel

• Robinson

What is the most general referenced world map?

• Interrupted Porjection

• Mercator Projection

• Winkel Tripel Projection

• Robinson Projection