Mr. Sinn Types of Maps

Although the map is wrong, the Mercator map is good for accurate _____________.

• Direction

• Land mass sizes

• shape of the world

If you put a round globe on a flat map it alters the sizes of continents, or changes something which makes the map technically wrong. What is the change, or making it wrong, called?

• accuracy

• re-apportion

• aportion

• distortion

This map has gaps, or breaks in the page, therefore it is __________________.

• an uninterrupted map

• an interrupted map

• a broken map

• a perfect map

What was something you noticed that looked wrong about the previous map?

Based on all these different projections, or ways a round earth is being shown on flat maps, how would you define projection? Write it on your vocabulary.

• showing the earth in a circle like it should be

• distorting the earth on purpose to confuse people

• ways a round earth is being shown on flat maps

Absolute or relative?

When a place has an "exact" location or direction.

(a)  

Absolute or Relative?

Our school is across the street from Publix.

(a)  

Even though the world is BIG, a world map shows a ___________.

• small scale

• large scale

• no scale

• snake scale

If you want to show more detail and zoom in, this would be a ___________________.

• small scale map

• large scale map

• no scale map

• snake scale map

Which one means the dots are more spread out?

• clustered

• dispersed