Cartography and Maps

What is the equator?

• A line of longitude

• A line of latitude

• An imaginary line dividing Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

• A geographic region with the same standard time

What is latitude?

• The distance in degrees east and west of the prime meridian

• The distance in degrees north or south of the equator

• The latitude and longitude address of a place on a map

• A map that uses contour lines to show changes in elevation

What is the prime meridian?

• A line of longitude

• A line of latitude

• An imaginary line dividing Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

• A geographic region with the same standard time

What is a map legend?

• A key that lists all the symbols used on the map

• The ratio between distances on a map and actual distances on the surface of the Earth

• A map that has parallel lines of latitude and longitude

• A line on a topographic map that connects points of equal elevation

What is a conic projection?

• A map that has parallel lines of latitude and longitude

• A map made by projecting points and lines from a globe onto a cone

• A map made by projecting points and lines from a globe onto a piece of paper that touches the globe at a single point

• A line on a topographic map that connects points of equal elevation