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Map Projection

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or false: Globes provide a three-dimensional view of the Earth. They provide the most accurate view of the world, but have limitations in their use.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

True or false: All world map projections create distorted images of the Earth to some degree. These distortions relate to size, shape, direction, and distance.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

True or false: The cartographer’s purpose and the projection used to create a map influence what information is accurate and what is distorted.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Which projection is this?

a)

Gall Peter's

b)

Robinson

c)

Mercator

5.

Which projection is this?

a)

Gall Peter's

b)

Robinson

c)

Mercator

6.

Which map projection's shape and direction are accurate but size is very distorted?

a)

Robinson

b)

Gall Peter's

c)

Mercator

7.

Which map projection's size and shape are both fairly accurate even though they are slightly distorted near the poles?

a)

Robinson

b)

Gall Peter's

c)

Mercator

8.

Which map projection was created in the 1500’s in order to help ships navigate the oceans?

a)

Mercator

b)

Gall Peter's

c)

Robinson

9.

This is a Mercator projection map. Why is this map projection not be the greatest to use when determining land size?

a)

Places at the poles, like Greenland and Antarctica, are extremely distorted in their size, appearing larger than they really are.

b)

Africa appears too large on this map.

c)

All the continents are smaller than they actually are.

d)

Places by the equator are highly distorted and appear much larger than they really are.

10.
Which projection is this?
a)
Conic
b)
Mercator
c)
Eckert IV
d)
Robinson
11.

This is a...

a)

political map

b)

physical map

c)

elevation map

d)

thematic map

12.
Lines of Longitude run from the _____ to the ______.
a)
East, West
b)
North, South
c)
South, East
d)
North, West
13.
Lines of ______ measure how far from the equator a place is located?
a)
Longitude
b)
Latitude
14.

Type of projection?

a)

Conical

b)

Azimuthal

c)

Cylindrical

d)

Topographic

15.
A way of representing the spherical Earth on a flat surface.
a)
Map Projection
b)
Distortion
16.

What type of projection?

a)

Azimuthal

b)

Conical

c)

Cylindrical

d)

Topographic

17.

What is the disadvantage of a map compared to a globe?

a)

a map distorts properties like distance, area, direction, shape

b)

a map shows little detail

c)

a map indicates actual distances

d)

a map is very large

18.

What type of projection?

a)

Azimuthal

b)

Conical

c)

Cylindrical

d)

Topographic

19.

What type of map?

a)

Azimuthal

b)

Conical

c)

Cylindrical

d)

Topographic

20.

The terrestrial icosahedron that we made is not only an assembly exercise, it corresponds to a real type of map projection. It is called the ______ map projection.

a)

Miller

b)

Albers

c)

Van Der Grinten

d)

Fuller

21.

Map makers use different types of ______________ to show flat images of Earth's rounded surface.

a)

projections

b)

locator map

c)

political map

d)

relative location

22.

Which is better to find your way around a city?

a)

globe

b)

map

c)

aerial photo

d)

relative location

23.

To find out how may US states border Mexico, you would look at a _____________.

a)

political map

b)

physical map

c)

globe

d)

key

24.
The change in shape, size, or location of a place when shown on a map.
a)
Map Projection
b)
Distortion
25.

The four (4) features on a map

a)

Title, Compass, US Map, and Caribbean Map

b)

Title, Key, scale, and Compass

c)

Key, scale, title, flags

d)

Stars, key, Compass, title

26.

Used to measure distance on a map

a)
b)
c)
d)
27.

What does the title show on a map?

a)

shows the person who made the map

b)

attracts the reader's attention

c)

shows the purpose of the map

d)

shows important information about the size

28.
In which direction would you have to travel to go from the bank to the hospital?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
29.

0 degrees latitude is known as which geographic feature on a map?

a)

Parallel

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Hemisphere

d)

Equator

30.

the number of people or things in a given area or space

a)

density

b)

degree

c)

distort

d)

navigate

e)

projection

31.

a unit of measurement used to measure where a location is on earth

a)

accuracy

b)

degree

c)

distort

d)

navigate

e)

projection

32.

giving a false impression of features on a flat map when trying to project a globe upon it

a)

accuracy

b)

degree

c)

distort

d)

navigate

e)

projection

33.

a method for representing part of the surface of the earth or a celestial sphere on a plane surface

a)

accuracy

b)

degree

c)

distort

d)

navigate

e)

projection

34.

an angle which ranges from 0° at the Equator to 90° (North or South) at the poles also known as parallels; run east–west as circles parallel to the equator

a)

latitude

b)

longitude

c)

minutes

d)

seconds

e)

degree

35.

a measurement ranging from 0° at the Prime Meridian to +180° eastward and −180° westward. It is used to denote the location of a place on Earth east or west of the Prime Meridian.

a)

latitude

b)

longitude

c)

minutes

d)

seconds

e)

degree

36.

A map projection in which the surface features of a globe are centered horizontally and the distortion of shape and scale is minimal in equatorial regions and maximal at the poles.

a)

cylinder

b)

globe

c)

spheroid

d)

South Pole

e)

North Pole

37.

an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Longitude

d)

South Pole

e)

North Pole

38.

The imaginary 0° longitude that divides Earth into the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere. It runs through Greenwich, England.

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

180° Parallel

d)

180° Meridian

e)

North Pole

39.

a person who draws or produces maps

a)

cartographer

b)

geographer

c)

stenographer

d)

photographer

40.

Which is NOT a distortion property map projection?

a)

azimuthal

b)

conformal

c)

equidistant

d)

equal-area

41.

imaginary lines on Earth that run parallel to the equator

a)

lines of latitude

b)

location

c)

lines of longitude

d)

equator

42.

imaginary lines on Earth that run between the North and South Poles

a)

lines of latitude

b)

equator

c)

lines of longitude

d)

grid

43.

What letter is found at (60S, 120W)?

a)

I

b)

F

c)

B

d)

C

44.

What letter is found at (15N, 45W)?

a)

A

b)

H

c)

J

d)

D

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