Location Quiz Review

Mapmakers use___________, or ways of showing Earth's curved surface on a flat map.

• Distortions

• Predictions

• Projections

• Hemispheres

The __________ projection shows much of Earth accurately but distorts the North and South Poles. It shows direction accurately, so it is good for navigation.

• Mercator

• Robinson

• Winkel Tripel

• Homolosine

This element of a map helps you to determine the distance from one point to another on a map.

• Compass

• Scale

• Key

• Title

This term is for the Earth split in half, either East and West of the Prime Meridian, or North and South of the Equator.

• Cardinal Directions

• Latitude

• Hemisphere

• Projection

This informs you of which direction the four cardinal directions are on your map.

• Meridian

• Compass Rose

• Key

• Hemisphere

These lines measure the degrees north and south away from the Equator.

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Meridian

• Cardinal Directions

These lines measure the degrees east and west from the Prime Meridian.

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Hemisphere

• Projection

This part tells what a symbol on a map represents.

• Key

• Compass

• Scale

• Latitude

This is loss of accuracy that occurs when representing the earth on a flat surface.

• Projection

• Distortion

• Representation

• Scale

What continent lies at 20 Degrees South, 140 Degrees East?

• Australia

• Africa

• Antarctica

• Asia