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Mapping Review
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Lines of longitude are called meridians
False
True
2
The north-south imaginary lines of the grid are lines of _______________
Latitude
Longitude
Parallels
Equator
3
Mappae mundi
means “cloth of the world”
False
True
4
Area on Earth’s surface between two
meridians where people use the same time
Longitude
Latitude
Time Zone
International Date Line
5
Lines of longitude pass through the equator.
False
True
6
The Equator and The Prime Meridian represent _____ Degrees Latitude and Longitude
180
Zero
360
90
7
Drawn as if you were looking down on
an area from above Earth’s surface
Time Zone
International Date Line
Profile View
Map View
8
The Mercator Projection is a ________ projection presented by the flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator
Cylindrical
Conical
Robinson
Flat-Plane
9
Mostly drawn from imagination, these European maps from medieval times are called
Paper Maps
Moody Mundy
Tapestry Maps
Mappae Mundi
10
Colored by country or state,
these maps compare size, shape, & symbols & make it easy to tell capitals from cities
Climate Map
Political Map
Physical Map
Land use Resource Map
11
The lines running east-west in the grid are lines of ________
Longitude
The Prime Meridian
Meridian
Latitude
12
The prime meridian is an imaginary line that runs through Greenwich, England
True
False
13
The Earth is divided into _________continents
8
6
7
5
14
The latitude lines measure the distance
____________
of the equator.
South East and North West
North and South
North East and South West
East and West
15
A pattern of imaginary lines that circle the globe in east-west and north-south directions is called a __________
A New Way
A Grid
A Pattern
A Map
16
The Equator divides the Earth into a Northern and Southern Hemisphere
False
True
17
Conic projections are most useful for showing areas that have long east-west dimensions,
False
True
18
This is an image of a Flat-Plane Projection
True
False
19
A key that lists all the symbols used on a
map - so you can interpret the symbols
Map View
Profile View
Map Scale
Map Legend
20
Lines of latitude are also known as "Meridians"
False
True
21
The _____________ Projection is mostly used in classrooms. Its lines of longitude are curved
Robinson
Flat-Plane
Mercator
Conic
22
The region of Earth’s surface that is closest to the Equator is called _____
The Northern Hemisphere
The Western Hemisphere
The Meridian
The Tropics.
