Quiz - Gr8 - Lesson 5

This map projection is the most accurate along the lines of latitude where it touches the globe.

• True

• False

• Sometimes

This type of map projections make landmasses near the poles appear smaller than they really are.

• True

• False

• Sometimes

Flat-plane projections are based on a plane touching the globe at one point.

• True

• False

• Sometimes

A grid is a pattern of real lines that circle the globe in east-west and north-south directions.

• True

• False

• Sometimes

Compass Rose importance: the way a map is drawn and the location of directions on that map depend on the perspective of the mapmaker.

• True

• False

• Sometimes

Latitude lines are called parallels because they are always the same distance apart.

• True

• False

• Sometimes

Another name for prime meridian is

• Magnetic Meridian

• Magic Meridian

• Greenwich Meridian

Definition: different ways of showing our round planet on flat maps.

• Map drawings

• Map projections

• Map lines

Definition: help us understand the messages presented in a map.

• Map designs

• Map statics 

• Map features 

Shows the subject of the map.

• Compass

• Title

• Legend