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MAPS !!

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which map projection is best for seeing the poles

a)

Mercator

b)

Polar

c)

Robinson

d)

Winkle Triple

2.

A conic projection....

a)

Looks similar to a Winkle Triple projection

b)

Is most accurate at the equator

c)

Is used for navigation of air planes

d)

Is made by projecting Earth onto cone

3.

Which is the Robinson projection most like ?

a)

Mercator

b)

Winkle Triple projection

c)

Polar projection

d)

Goodes interrupted Equal Area Projection

4.

What does the title of a map tell you

a)

What direction to go in

b)

Where something is located

c)

Whats on the map

d)

How to read the map

5.

What are intermediate points ?

a)

North, South, East and West

b)

Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest

c)

East and West

d)

North and South

6.

Which map projection has all 90 degree lines

a)

Mercator

b)

Robinson

c)

Polar

d)

Conic

7.

A Goodes Interrupted Equal Area Projection....

a)

Is a map created by projecting Earth onto a pyramid

b)

Resembles a globe that has been cut apart and laid flat

c)

Produces minor distortions in the polar areas that appear flattened on the map

d)

Is similar to a cylindrical

8.

What is a scale used for ?

a)

To tell how much you weigh

b)

Tells what symbols mean on a map

c)

Tells what colors go where

d)

Helps tell distance

9.

How many parts of map have we learned about ?

a)

6

b)

5

c)

10

d)

8

10.

Which kind of map has colors that can stand for natural features and vegetation ?

a)

Robinson

b)

World Physical Map

c)

World Political Map

d)

Mercator projection

11.
a)

Winkle Triple Projection

b)

Mercator

c)

Political

d)

Robinson

12.
a)

Relief Projection

b)

Cylindrical

c)

Robinson

d)

Winkle Triple

13.
a)

Winkle Triple projection

b)

Relief

c)

Goodes Interrupted Equal Area projection

d)

Polar

14.

What is this an example of ?

a)

Map Legend

b)

Key

c)

Scale

d)

Title

15.

Every map should have...

a)

A scale

b)

A compass

c)

Insert Map

d)

A title

16.

The Great Circle Route is....

a)

A flat representation of the Earth

b)

A 3D representation of Earth

c)

An imaginary line splitting the Earth into two halves

d)

An imaginary line that follows the curve of the Earth

17.

What is another name for cylindrical projection ?

a)

Mercator projection

b)

Robinson projection

c)

Conic projection

d)

Planar projection

18.

A boundary....

a)

Is somethig that unlocks the secrets of the map

b)

Is another name for Great Circle Route

c)

Is something that indacates a border or limit

d)

Tells you distance

19.

This projection is useful in a classroom

a)

Conic

b)

Robinson

c)

Polar

d)

Mercator

20.

A round model of the Earth.

a)

Globe

b)

Hemisphere

c)

Compass rose

d)

Insert map

21.

What is a planar projection/Azimuthal Projection?

a)

A stright line of true direction on a map is not always the shortest distance between two points on earth.

b)

Based oh how a map would look if the globe was projected onto a cylinder.

c)

They show the earth centered in such a way that a stright line coming from the center to any other point represents the shortest distance.

d)

This is earth's surface projected onto a map formed into a space.

22.

A flat representation of all or part of the planet is.....

a)

A globe

b)

A map

c)

the great circle route

d)

Earth

23.

A map created by projecting an image of Earth on a cone placed over part of the Earth model is....

a)

Planar Projection

b)

Cylindrical Projection

c)

Conic Projection

d)

Robinson projection

24.

a robinson projection is most accurate at what?

a)

the poles

b)

at the equator

c)

in a tropic from cancer to capricorn

d)

air planes

25.
a)

Political Map

b)

Physical Map

c)

Thematic Map

d)

Contour