ES Chap 3 Review

why is a globe the only truly accurate map of earth?

• every other map type will be distorted because it is not the right shape

• only a globe can show latitude and longitude of a position

• only a globe can model the earth's spin

• other maps use fabricated data given to them by NASA

What is a cartographer?

• A cartographer is a type of explorer.
• A cartographer is a historian.
• A cartographer is a mapmaker.
• A cartographer is a geologist.

What are the cardinal directions?

• directions dictated by the Catholic church

• Up, Down, Left, Right
• Front, Back, Top, Bottom
• North, East, South, West

Where is the 0^o latitude on earth?

• The Equator
• The South Pole
• The North Pole
• The Prime Meridian

What is the highest possible number for a longitude reading?

• 90 degrees
• 360 degrees
• 45 degrees
• 180 degrees

Where would you fine the international date line?

• In the Atlantic Ocean near the equator.
• Along the 90th meridian in the Arctic.
• in the Pacific Ocean, approximately along the 180th meridian.

• a line running through London and Paris

What is one degree in latitude or longitude in nautical miles?

• 30 nautical miles
• 45 nautical miles
• 90 nautical miles
• 60 nautical miles

In order to measure ____, sailors needed to first have an accurate clock, or chronometer, which first became prevalent around the 1850s

• speed
• latitude
• depth
• longitude

If a map shows only an arrow to indicate direction, that arrow (often drawn in red) will be pointing

• north
• to the prime meridian

• toward the equator

• south

Where on earth would a gnomic projection be most useful?

• the polar regions

• around the equator

• only on the small scale of under 500 sq. mi.

• halfway between the