Our place in the Universe

Who wrote the first book on geography in 500 BC?

• Pythagoras

• Herodotus

• Hecataeus

• Claudius Ptolemaeus

Who proposed the hypothesis of a spherical Earth in the 6th century BC?

• 
  Hecataeus

• Pythagoras

• Herodotus

• Claudius Ptolemaeus

Who created a map based on extensive studies and wider travels in the 4th century BC?

• Hecataeus

• Herodotus

• Pythagoras

• Claudius Ptolemaeus

Which ancient scholar spent many years studying at the library in Alexandria?

• Hecataeus

• Claudius Ptolemaeus

• Pythagoras

• Herodotus

Complete the sentence: Maps and globes are both _______________ of the Earth.

Complete the sentence: Globe is the most ________________replica of the Earth.

What projection did Mercator use?

• homolosine projection

• conic projection

• cylindrical projection

• azimuthal projection

What does the picture show?

What is this projection called?

• azimuthal projection

• homolosine projection

• cylindrical projection

• conic projection

What does GIS use to record, store and present data? (plural form)