Maps and Map Projections

Elijah, Anika, and Abigail are planning a road trip. They need a reference map that provides general information about navigation and location. Which type of map should they use?

• Topographic

• Political

• Physical

• Road

Hannah is working on a geography project where she needs to use a thematic map. She wants to use symbols of different sizes to indicate different amounts of data. Which type of thematic map should she use?

• Dot-Density

• Choropleth

• Graduated/Proportional Symbol

• Cartogram

Rohan, Abigail, and Henry are planning a sea voyage. They need to choose a map projection for navigation that preserves right angles of latitude and longitude. Which map projection should they choose?

• Conic

• Robinson

• Peters Equal Area

• Mercator

Arjun is a geography student studying different map projections. He came across the Robinson map projection and is trying to understand what aspect it compromises on. Can you help him?

• Area

• Shape

• Distance

• Direction

During a geography class, Daniel, Maya, and Harper were discussing map projections. According to their discussion, what do all map projections distort?

• Area

• Distance

• Direction

• Shape

Maya, Rohan, and Henry are participating in a geography quiz. They are asked a question: 'What type of thematic map would you use if you wanted to connect points of equal value to show changes in the data across a space, such as showing the same altitude across different locations?'

• Isoline

• Graduated/Proportional Symbol

• Dot-Density

• Choropleth

Aria, Olivia, and Arjun are part of a geography project where they have to represent the curved surface of the earth on a flat poster. What is this process called?

• Map Distortion

• Map Projection

• Spatial Interaction

• Map Selectivity

Scarlett, Abigail, and Benjamin are working on a geography project. They need to choose a map projection for their project that accurately represents the area of different countries. Which map projection should they choose?

• Navigation

• Compromise

• Peters Equal Area

• No Major Distortions

Mason, Ethan, and Aria are participating in a geography quiz. They are asked: 'Which type of map would you use to show the location and distribution of population density in various countries using different colors, shades, or patterns?'

• Choropleth

• Dot-Density

• Physical

• Political

Harper, Emma, and Liam are working on a geography project. They need to create a map that uses symbols to represent data related to a specific theme or subject area. What type of map are they trying to create?

• Physical

• Thematic

• Topographic

• Political