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Cartograms

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

What type of information is shown on cartograms (all cartograms, not just this one)?

a)

Per Capital Calorie Consumption

b)

Consumption Patterns

c)

Numerical Data

d)

Country Size and Shape

2.

What map freely distorts shapes, directions, and areas to display statistics?

a)

Thematic maps

b)

Road maps

c)

Cartograms

d)

Physical maps

3.

Which type of maps would be best suited for displaying a particular set of information such as temperature, GDP, or ethnicity in a particular geographic area?

a)

Reference maps

b)

Thematic maps

4.

Identify the Mercator projection.

a)
b)
c)
5.

A Cartogram is

a)

a map made by an astronomer

b)

a mapmaker

c)

a map that adjusts the size of a country to show an amount of a topic (e.g., total number of people)

d)

a map that shows population density (e.g. total number of people per square mile)

6.

Which of the following is an example of a cartogram?

a)
b)
c)
7.

Urbanization is the...

a)

Increase in the population of cities

b)

Decrease in the population of cities

c)

The decrease in agriculture areas

d)

The increase in agriculture areas

8.

What is an urban area?

a)

Land that includes woods, beaches, crops.

b)

Land covered by buildings, roads, and homes.

c)

An area with a lot of shopping malls.

d)

An area with many forests.

9.
What is a rural area?
a)
Land covered by buildings, roads, and suburbia
b)
Land covered by all parking lots
c)
Land covered with mostly water
d)
Land covered with forests, crops, etc
10.

What sort of a cartogram is this?

a)

Contiguous

b)

Non-contiguous

c)

Dorling

11.

What sort of a cartogram is this?

a)

Contiguous

b)

Non-contiguous

c)

Dorling

12.

What sort of a cartogram is this?

a)

Contiguous

b)

Non-contiguous

c)

Dorling

13.

What sort of a cartogram is this?

a)

Contiguous

b)

Non-contiguous

c)

Dorling

14.

What sort of a cartogram is this?

a)

Contiguous

b)

Non-contiguous

c)

Dorling

15.

A type of map that uses changes the size of countries based on the data being shown.

a)

Cartograms

b)

GIS Maps

c)

Choropleth

d)

Topographic