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Distortion and Projections
Distortion and Projections
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Quiz over different types of map projections
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What type of projection is this?
Mercator Projection
Azimuthal Projection
Gall-Peters Projection
Robinson Projection
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What is the advantage of this Collignon Projection?
The shape of the world appears correct
The size of oceans appears correct
Shows all distances from a single point
The size of continents appears correct
3
What appears to be
distorted
on the Gall-Peters Projection?
The size of the landmasses
The shape of the landmasses
The distances between landmasses
The direction between landmasses
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What type of map is this?
Polar Projection
Galls-Peters Projection
Mercator Projection
Robinson Projection
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What appears
distorted
on this map?
The size of the continents
The distances between continents
Only the land near the poles
All the edges of the map
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What type of projection is this?
Mercator Projection
Robinson Projection
Gall-Peters Projection
Azimuthal Projection
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What appears to be an advantage of this Goode Projection?
It just looks really cool!
Easy to plot directions from place to place
The land at the North and South Poles is easy to understand
The size and shape of continents and oceans is correct
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What appears to be an advantage of this Cassini Projection?
Correct distances between landmasses
Correct size for most landmasses
Correct shape for most landmasses
Correct size and shape of landmasses at the poles
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What is an advantage to using the Mercator Projection?
Shows the correct shapes and direction between places
Shows the correct sizes of all continents
Shows the correct sizes of all the oceans
Shows the correct distances between places
10
Who created the Robinson Projection?
Arthur Robionson
Gerardus Mercator
James Gall
Arno Peters
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What appears
distorted
on the Mercator Projection?
The size and shape of North and South America
The land at the North and South Pole
The shape of most continents
The directions between places
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What is an advantage of using an Azimuthal Projection?
Shows the correct size and shape of land at the pole
Shows the correct distances between continents
Shows the correct size of most continents
Shows the correct shape of most continents
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Who created the Gall-Peters Projection
Arthur Robinson
Gerardus Mercator
Arno Peters
James Gall
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Who created this Azimuthal Projection?
Arno Peters
Arthur Robinson
Johann Lambert
Gerardus Mercator
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Who created the Mercator Projection?
James Gall
Arthur Robinson
Gerardus Mercator
Arno Peters
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What are the advantages of using a Robinson Projection?
The shape of most land areas is correct
Antarctica appears correct on this map
The size of most land areas is correct
Both the size and shape of most land areas is correct
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What is one advantage to using a Gall-Peters Projection?
The distances between landmasses is correct
The shape of the oceans are correct
The shape of the landmasses are correct
The size of the landmasses are correct
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What type of projection is this?
Robinson Projection
Galls-Peters Projection
Azimuthal Projection
Mercator Projection
