BJU Earth Science Chapter 3 VCA

sailors were unable to accurately determine longitude until the invention of accurate seagoing

Where are you standing at 0 degrees latitude?

What is the highest possible number for longitude reading?

which two geometric shapes can be flattened into a plane by mapmakers?

the arrow on the map points to which direction?

What is a political map?

What indicated to many educated people that the earth was actually a sphere?

a map with its point of contact in the center of North America would be an ______ projection.

when a map projection's point touches somewhere between the equator and a pole.

What is a geographic map?

A map of the US that is shaded to show the range of the gray wolf and and the red wolf would be

accoustic sensing is used in mapping the _________ floor.

What type of map most accurately show the true shape of the continets?

what is a person called who makes maps?

a circular map with the north or south pole at its center and the continents distorted

a degree of latitude is about the same length anywhere along what?

What is the boxed area on a map where all of the symbols and colors used on the map are defined

one of the earliest maps in existence dates from the time of ___________.

Which part of the map is often expressed as the ratio of two numbers?

you are in charge of creating the route for a new hiking trail through mountains,you should use

what theory says God used the big bang theory to create the earth and created life since then

maps of the polar region often use __________ projection?

What are cardinal directions?

what does the international date line represent?

What does the international date line pass through?

What measure of latitude or longitude is 60 nautical mile on the earth's surface at the equator

Which is a map that displays certain kinds of related information to produce a unified theme?

What can be used to gather data for use in a GIS? (Can have more than one correct answer)

what type of lines on a map connect points of equal elevation?

a map that shows elevation and landform information usually indicated by contour lines