Geography Review 2: Maps & Earth

All world map projections create distorted images of the Earth to some degree. These distortions relate to size, shape, direction, and distance.

• True

• False

Which type of map projection is this?

• Peter's

• Robinson

• Mercator

• Topographic

• Conic

Why is it difficult to project the Earth onto a flat surface?

• it distorts the sizes and shapes of the landmasses

• the technology to do so does not exist

• it cuts the Earth into 2 hemispheres

• it's actually not the difficult

This is a Mercator projection map. Why is this map projection not be the greatest to use when determining land size?

• Places at the poles, like Greenland and Antarctica, are extremely distorted in their size, appearing larger than they really are.

• Africa appears too large on this map.

• All the continents are smaller than they actually are.

• Places by the equator are highly distorted and appear much larger than they really are.

Which projection is this?

• Conic
• Mercator
• Eckert IV
• Robinson

What shows all the directions on a map?

• Map Title

• South

• Compass Rose

• Legend

What does a legend (map key) show?

• It shows directions.

• It show a famous rockstar's picture.

• It shows where things are located on a map represented by symbols.

• It shows you how far places are from one another.

What map feature can help you determine the approximate distance between two locations?

• map scale

• key

• title

• distance calculator

• Delta
• Glacier
• River
• Coastline

Florida is a state with water on 3 sides. Florida is a....

• island

• ocean

• hill

• peninsula