Maps and Map Projections

What is a physical map?

• A map that shows political boundaries

• A map that shows relief and physical features

• A map that shows population density

• A map that shows climate zones

Zoe is participating in a school quiz competition. She is asked, 'What does a political map show?'

• Physical features

• Climate zones

• Population density

• Human-made features

Abigail, Aiden, and Elijah are participating in a geography quiz. They are asked to name some examples of the divisions humans have divided the Earth into. What could be their answer?

• Continents, countries, and states

• Mountains, rivers, and lakes

• Forests, deserts, and grasslands

• Oceans, seas, and rivers

Aria, Aiden, and Liam are participating in a geography project. They are asked to create a type of map. This map should focus on a specific theme or topic. What type of maps are they creating?

• Relief Maps

• Political Maps

• Thematic Maps

• Physical Maps

A ___ projection shows how the earth would look if a piece of paper were wrapped to form a cylinder around the globe.

• Cylindrical
• Planar

• Conic

• Mercator

___ projections look like a flattened disk of the earth’s surface; they come from the idea of projecting the globe onto a plane that is touching the globe at one point.

• Conic
• Cylindrical
• Mercator
• Planar

A ___ projection comes from the idea of placing a cone over part of a globe, typically from the poles.

• Planar

• Mercator
• Cylindrical
• Conic

A ___ is a person’s understanding of how to get from place to place in their mind.

• cognitive map
• brain diagram
• neural network
• mental map

A ___ map may use colors and/or shading to show the differences in elevation of the land’s surface.

• thematic

• relief/physical

• political

Many times ___ maps will be a combination of physical and/or political maps, and a theme.

• political

• thematic
• topical
• physical