BJU Earth Science Chapter 3 Test Review

Which of these would most accurately show the true shape of a continent?

• an aerial map

• a globe

• an oblique view map

• There is no difference.

One of the earliest maps in existence dates from the time of

• ancient Babylonia

• the Renaissance

• the Middle Ages

• the Roman Empire

A person who creates maps is called a

• geometer

• map analyst

• mapographer

• cartographer

North, south, east, and west are known as the _____ directions.

• ordinal

• equatorial

• cardinal

• polar

If you were standing at a point that has 0° latitude, you would be standing on

• the Equator

• the North Pole

• the South Pole

• the Tropic of Cancer

Which of these indicated to many educated people before the time of Christ that the earth was actually a sphere?

• a lunar eclipse

• the changing tides

• a sunrise

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is the highest possible number for a longitude reading?

• 45°

• 90°

• 180°

• 360°

The International Date Line passes through

• the western Pacific Ocean.

• the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

• the center of Asia.

• none of these.

Which of these choices is true about any map that shows the entire world?

• Land is always brown, and the ocean is always blue.

• Lines of latitude and longitude are always perpendicular.

• Some distortion exists somewhere in the map.

• The map is always rectangular.

Which of these measures of latitude or longitude is about 60 nautical miles on the earth’s surface at the Equator?

• one second

• one degree

• one minute

• one hour