What is the conic projection?

It is very useful to project the continents.

They are a symbolic representation of selected characteristics of a place

What are the Human maps?

Useful to represent the infrastructure built up by humans such as highways

Relation between the surface actual measures and the representation on maps

Which ones are the two parallels?

Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn

What is a Terrestrial Globe or Geographical Globe?

Complete view of Earth, observing the actual proportions of the surface

Is the height from the mean sea level to any point on the Earth's surface.

What are the Physical maps?

They represent physical phenomena

It is an explanatory list of the symbols on a map.

Is the science used to create maps to geographically represent a place.

Which methodological principles does geography use to study te Earth?

Location, Casuality, Relation, Generality, Evolution

What are the geographical references?

Are imaginary spots, lines and circles that represent the terrestrial axis

What is the Mercator or cylindrical projection?

It is widely used to create planispheres.

What is the Azimuthal equal area projection?

It is used to represent polar zones.

What is the Greenwich Meridian?

Is a line of longitude defined to be 0°. It is called also a prime meridian

What is the latitude?

It is the angular measure that locates an exact place from the Equator.

Angular measure that locates any point starting from the Greenwich meridian

What is the Equidistant, Equal Area projection?

Meridians and parallels form equal rectangles or squares.

Which are the branches of the great circles?

Oriental, Occidental and Hemispheres

What is the Goode Homolosine projection?

Earth is cylindrically projected with an interrupted latitude.

What is the Mollweide projection?

Earth is represented with a curved edge and curved meridians.

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1
What is the conic projection?
It is widely used to create planispheres.
It is very useful to project the continents.
Complete view of Earth, observing the actual proportions of the surface
The Earth is cylindrically projected with an interrupted latitude.
2
What are the maps?
Graphics language that provides a system for sending vector graphics
It is a radio navegation system used in land, sea and earth
They are a symbolic representation of selected characteristics of a place
3
Which ones are the specialized maps?
Topographical maps and Land use maps
Geological maps and Edaphological maps
Climatological maps and Urban map
All of the answers are correct
4
What are the Human maps?
They represent physical phenomena
They represent human events
Useful to represent the infrastructure built up by humans such as highways
5
What is a scale?
Relation between the surface actual measures and the representation on maps
An explanatory list of the symbols on a map.
It is the graphical representation of the cardinal direction.
6
Which ones are the two parallels?
North Pole and South Pole
Oriental and Occidental
Equator and Meridian
Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
7
What is a Terrestrial Globe or Geographical Globe?
Useful to project the continents, but it does not represent the whole Earth
It is used to represent polar zones.
It is widely used to create planispheres.
Complete view of Earth, observing the actual proportions of the surface
8
What is altitude?
Angular measure that locates any point starting from the Greenwich meridian
Is the height from the mean sea level to any point on the Earth's surface.
The places to locate are found above the sea level
It is the angular measure that locates an exact place from the Equator
9
Which ones are the geographic coordinates?
Latitude, Longitude Altitude
Longitude, Altitude, Prime meridian
Equator, Prime meridian, Latitude
Equator, Latitude, Altitude
10
What are the Physical maps?
They represent human events
Useful to represent the infrastructure built up by humans such as highways
They represent physical phenomena
11
What is a legend?
It is the graphical representation of the cardinal directions.
Relation between the actual surface measures and the representation on maps
It is an explanatory list of the symbols on a map.
12
What is cartography?
Is the science used to create maps to geographically represent a place.
Is the study of the Earth, the materials of which it is made.
Science that deals with the study of water courses such as rivers.
Science that studies the seas, tides and seascapes
13
What does geography use to study the Earth?
Geographic principles
Methodical principles
Methodological principles
Graphical principles
14
Which methodological principles does geography use to study te Earth?
Realation, Weather, Environment, Relief, Globalization
Relief, Casuality, Discipline, Climate, Location
Location, Casuality, Relation, Generality, Evolution
Weather, Location, Relief, Evolution, Environment
15
What are the geographical references?
Are sets of cause-and-effect interconnections.
Parts of the Earth’s surface that are identified and given meaning by human
Are the product of geological, atmospheric, hydrological and geomorphic.
Are imaginary spots, lines and circles that represent the terrestrial axis
16
What is the Mercator or cylindrical projection?
The Earth is represented with a curved edge
It is widely used to create planispheres.
It is used to represent polar zones.
Cylindrical projections
17
What is the Azimuthal equal area projection?
It is very useful to project the continents.
The Earth is cylindrically projected with an interrupted latitude.
Meridians and parallels form equal rectangles or squares.
It is used to represent polar zones.
18
What is the Greenwich Meridian?
A line of longitude defined to be 180°. It is called also a prime meridian
Is a pole, it is situated on the top of the Earth.
Is a line of longitude defined to be 0°. It is called also a prime meridian
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What is the latitude?
Is the height from the mean sea level to any point on the Earth's surface.
Angular measure that locates any point starting from the Greenwich meridian
It is the angular measure that locates an exact place from the Equator.
Is expressed through the parallels.
20
What is longitude?
Angular measure that locates any point starting from the Greenwich meridian
Is the height from the mean sea level to any point on the Earth's surface.
Expressed through the parallels.
It is the angular measure that locates an exact place from the Equator
21
What is the Equidistant, Equal Area projection?
The Earth is cylindrically projected with an interrupted latitude.
Offers a complete view and observing the actual proportions of the surface
Meridians and parallels form equal rectangles or squares.
Meridians and parallels form equal rectangles or squares.
22
Which are the branches of the great circles?
Prime meridian, Pole Axis, Oriental, Occidental and Hemispheres
Poles, Tropic cancer, Equator, Tropic capricorn, Artic circle and Meridian
Oriental, Occidental and Hemispheres
23
What are the Historical maps?
Useful to represent the infrastructure built up by humans such as highways
Represent physical phenomena
Represent human events
24
What is the Goode Homolosine projection?
It is used to represent polar zones.
Earth is cylindrically projected with an interrupted latitude.
Offers a complete view, observing the actual proportions of the surface
It is very useful to project the continents.
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What is the Mollweide projection?
Earth is represented with a curved edge and curved meridians.
It is very useful to project the continents
Meridians and parallels form equal rectangles or squares.
It is widely used to create planispheres.

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