APHUGE Unit 1 Quiz: 1.1 - 1.3 Maps & Geographic Data P3

A way of showing the curved surface of the Earth is

• map projection

• photosynthesis

• geographic information systems

• contextualization

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

The science of map making is known as...

• Geology
• Mapology
• Cartography
• Earth Writing

Which projection is this?

• Robinson
• Mercator
• Eckert IV
• Goode's Homolosine

This map projection was specifically created in an attempt to find a good compromise to the problem of readily showing the whole globe as a flat image...it is flat at poles

• Mercator
• Peters
• Robinson
• Goode

The Mercator projection distorts...

• Areas near the Equator
• Polar Regions
• Longitudinal Meridians
• Lines of Tropics

This map project stretches out the middle of the map around the equator.

• Peters
• Robinson
• Goode
• Mercator

What type of reference map is this?

• Physical Map

• Political Map

• Thematic Map

• Choropleth Map

What type of reference map is this?

• Physical Map

• Political Map

• Thematic Map

• Choropleth Map

This is what type of thematic map is this?

• Mercator
• Robinson
• Cartogram
• Homoloseine