Geography and Map projection (8th)

For most of history it was believed that the _____ stood still and was the center of the universe.

Who corroborated what Copernicus said with scientific evidence was:

• Nicolaus Galielo

• Galileo Galilei

• Giordano Bruno

• Aristotle

The model of the Universe in which the Earth was at the center is known as the ___________ model.

Giordano Bruno lived at the same time as Galileo (first part of the 17th century, 1600-1699). Both were Italian, but one difference between them is that Bruno retracted his ideas, while Galileo Galilei was burned to death.

• True

• False

It is not possible to reflect the surface of a sphere (3D) in a plane (2D) in a completely "real way" (a 'projection' method is needed).

• True

• False

In which famous cartographic projection Europe and North America (the entire northern part including Greenland for example) appear much larger than they really are?

• Orthographic

• Goode-Homolosine

• Mercator

• Fuller

The two main branches [ramas] of geography are _____ Geography and Physical Geography.

Cartography is a discipline of geography that deals with maps, therefore it does not belong to one of the branches of Geography, but is part of both: human geography and physical geography.

• False

• True

Only one of the following disciplines is part of Human Geography:

• Hydrology

• Climatology

• Urban Geography

• Cartography

The terrestrial icosahedron that we made is not only an assembly exercise, it corresponds to a real type of map projection. It is called the ______ map projection.

• Miller

• Albers

• Van Der Grinten

• Fuller