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World Geography Chapter 1 Vocab

Authored by MICHAEL HAYDON

Geography

9th Grade

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World Geography Chapter 1 Vocab
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

A person who makes maps

navigator
cartographer
geographer
surveyor

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

An imaginary line that follows the curve of the Earth and represents the shortest distance between two points

Shortest Path
Earth Line

Great Circle route

Straight Line

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

A mathematical formula used to represent the curved surface of the Earth on the flat surface of a map

Earth projection
Globe transformation
Surface conversion
Map projection

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

A map created by projecting an image of the Earth onto a geometric plane

Planar Projection

Conic Projection

Cylindrical Projection

Globe Projection

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

A map created by projecting Earth's image onto a cylinder

Spherical projection map

Cylindrical projection

Cylinder Earth map
Globe map

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

A map created by projecting an image of Earth onto a cone placed over part of an Earth model

Azimuthal projection
Cylindrical projection
Conic projection
Mercator projection

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

The exact position of a place on the Earth's surface

Absolute location

Equator and Prime Meridian
Longitude and latitude coordinates
Latitude and altitude coordinates

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