Unit 1 APHG Quizzez

The images show a topographic map and a geographic information systems (GIS) representation of Mount Shasta in California. Which of the following statements best explains why these printed images are geometrically distorted representations of Earth’s surface?

• Some maps do not show the actual coloration of Earth’s surface and vegetation.

• GIS can only display two-dimensional layers.

• The three dimensions of Earth’s surface are displayed on a two-dimensional page.

• Printed maps alter the sense of place that people can have about a location.

Which of the following statements about the Robinson projection is correct?

• It is more useful for long-distance navigation than the Mercator projection.

• It is more accurate than the Mercator projection in showing the sizes of countries in higher latitudes.

• It is better for making topographical maps than the Mercator projection.

• It is better for estimating territorial waters in lower latitudes than the Mercator projection.

Which of the following is a characteristic of the Mercator projection?

• The size and shape of countries in the higher latitudes are greatly exaggerated.

• The size of all countries is accurate, but the shape is distorted.

• Countries near the Equator appear 50 percent larger than countries in the middle latitudes.

• The projection is designed to maintain undistorted outlines of landmasses.

Which of the following scales of analysis would provide demographic data that could be used to compare one urban neighborhood to other urban neighborhoods across a country?

• State or province

• Metropolitan area or urban region

• County or parish (in Quebec and Louisiana)

• Census tract or enumeration area

Every map projection has some degree of distortion because

• cartography is an imprecise science

• meridians run parallel to each other

• a three-dimensional object, such as a globe, cannot be projected in two dimensions without distortion

• the technology required to display a map without distortion does not yet exist

The map above represents what kind of projection?

• Robinson

• Azimuthal

• Gall-Peters

• Mercator

A department store that uses customer zip codes to map sales data most likely uses

• GPS

• GIS

• remote sensing

• toponym analysis

Which of the following is an example of maps at different scales?

• Maps drawn by hand and maps drawn using a computer

• Maps of cancer deaths at both the county and state level

• Maps drawn by two different people from two different perspectives

• Maps of the United States showing the voting patterns of men and maps of the United States showing the voting patterns of women

Characteristics of site include all of the following EXCEPT

• latitude and longitude

• relative location

• the township and range system

• unique cultural characteristics

Characteristics of situation include all the following EXCEPT

• relative location

• node and distance decay

• common cultural and physical characteristics

• absolute location