MAPS and MAP PROJECTIONS

Globes provide a three-dimensional view of the Earth. They provide the most accurate view of the world, but have limitations in their use.

• True

• False

All world map projections create distorted images of the Earth to some degree. These distortions relate to size, shape, direction, and distance.

• True

• False

A geographer who makes maps:

• Cartographer

• Distortion

• Projection

Which type of map projection is this?

• Peter's

• Robinson

• Mercator

• Conic

• Topographic

Which type of map projection is this?

• Peter's

• Robinson

• Mercator

• Topographic

• Conic

Why is it difficult to project the Earth onto a flat surface?

• it distorts the sizes and shapes of the landmasses

• the technology to do so does not exist

• it cuts the Earth into 2 hemispheres

• it's actually not the difficult

A major disadvantage to using a Mercator map would be

• it does not show true direction

• it distorts land size and often the size is misrepresented

• it is only used to travel over land

• it is not very well known

This is a Mercator projection map. Why is this map projection not be the greatest to use when determining land size?

• Places at the poles, like Greenland and Antarctica, are extremely distorted in their size, appearing larger than they really are.

• Africa appears too large on this map.

• All the continents are smaller than they actually are.

• Places by the equator are highly distorted and appear much larger than they really are.

The map shown here, called the Peter's Projection, does which of the following?

• It shows the accurate distance between the continents.

• It is used for marine navigation.

• It shows accurate sizes of the continents.

Why do we use maps more often than we use globes?

• Globes are bulky and not as easy to store.

• Globes distort shape and size too much.

• Globes are not around anymore.