Unit 1 HuG Review

1) The map projection which distorts size, but maintains shape is called ______.

• Mercator

• Robinson

• Gall - Peters

• Polar

The map projection that distorts shape but maintains size is _____.

• Mercator

• Gall-Peters

• Azimuthal/Polar

• Robinson

A "half-sphere" used to refer to one-half of the globe when divided into North and South or East and West.

• Hemostasis

• Hemisphere

• Longitude

• Latitude

Lines that circle the earth from Pole to Pole. They measure the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian, which is at zero degrees.

• hemisphere

• latitude

• longitude

• elevation profile

What kind of special-purpose map uses colors to show population density?

• political

• cloropleth

• physical

• special purpose

Lines that circle the earth parallel to the Equator. They measure the distance north or south of the Equator in degrees.

• hemisphere

• longitude

• latitude

• map scale

What do cardinal directions explain?

• How something works

• map scale

• the relative location of any place on earth

• the elevation profile of a location

What is the technique that collect information from the earth from a distance?

• Geographic Information Systems

• Global Positioning Systems

• Remote Sensing

• Ethnography

• Demography

Which map would have the smallest scale?

• Orlando

• Orange County

• Florida

• United States

• World

A scale that verbally describes the relationship between the maps and the Earth's surface. "An example is 4 centimeters equal 10 kilometers"

• Written Statement

• Graphic Scale

• Representative Fraction