Map Skills Day 1

Which of the following are tools and/or technologies of a geographer?

• map

• globe

• satellite photos

• legend

visual representation of an area

• map

• globe

• GPS

• GIS

spherical model of the entire planet

• map

• globe

• GPS

• GIS

a system that uses a network of earth-orbiting satellites to pinpoint location

• map

• globe

• GPS

• GIS

computer or internet-based mapping technology

• map

• globe

• GPS

• GIS

Which is NOT a way that GIS is used?

• make predictions

• manage and respond to events

• monitor change

• pinpoint an exact location

True or False. Maps are a more accurate display of the earth because it does not distort the look of the earth.

• True

• False

half of the earth

• hemisphere

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• orientation

the hemisphere west of the Prime Meridian

• Northern Hemisphere

• Southern Hemisphere

• Eastern Hemisphere

• Western Hemisphere

the hemisphere east of the Prime Meridian

• Northern Hemisphere

• Southern Hemisphere

• Eastern Hemisphere

• Western Hemisphere