Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________ Sec.: _______ Mid Term Multiple Choice Practice Instructions: For multiple choice prompts, choose the BEST option that answers questions or completes statements. 1) An appropriate definition of scale is… 7) True or False: lines of latitude are connected to The directionality of a map climate and therefore are a about maps. “truth” The orientation of a map True The relationship between the size of the False world and how it is drawn on a map None of the above 8) The Prime Meridian divides the world into the… Northern and Southern Hemispheres 2) The directionality of a map is… Area and Conformal Scale Humid Continental and Humid Subtropical Orientation Eastern and Western Hemispheres Projection Grid 9) is not a type of projection that we have studied in this unit so far? 3) When cartographers create maps, the changes Lambert Projection in the size, shape or position of the world onto a Goode Projection flat map are called… Equirectangular Projection Mercator Projection Coordinates Projections 10) Because they were each under the authority of Distortions a supreme leader, the Aztec and Incan civilizations are both examples of… 4) Which of the following is not an example of a confederacies thematic map? democracy Transportation map empire Sinusoidal map None of the above Physical features map Political map 11) The Portuguese sailors that successfully sailed around the world in the 1522, made history’s first… 5) If a cartographer is trying to tell you the precise colony location of a place on Earth, he is describing the… circumnavigation The precise location flight The relative location voyage The absolute location None of the above 6) True or False: All maps have some distortion. True False
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________ Sec.: _______ Mid Term Multiple Choice Practice Instructions: For multiple choice prompts, choose the BEST option that answers questions or completes statements. 1) An appropriate definition of scale is… The directionality of a map The orientation of a map The relationship between the size of the world and how it is drawn on a map None of the above 2) The directionality of a map is… Scale Orientation Projection Grid 3) When cartographers create maps, the changes in the size, shape or position of the world onto a flat map are called… Coordinates Projections Distortions 4) Which of the following is not an example of a thematic map? Transportation map Sinusoidal map Physical features map Political map 5) If a cartographer is trying to tell you the precise location of a place on Earth, he is describing the… The precise location The relative location The absolute location None of the above 6) True or False: All maps have some distortion. True False 7) True or False: lines of latitude are connected to climate and therefore are a “truth” about maps. True False 8) The Prime Meridian divides the world into the… Northern and Southern Hemispheres Area and Conformal Humid Continental and Humid Subtropical Eastern and Western Hemispheres 9) is not a type of projection that we have studied in this unit so far? Lambert Projection Goode Projection Equirectangular Projection Mercator Projection 10) Because they were each under the authority of a supreme leader, the Aztec and Incan civilizations are both examples of… confederacies democracy empire None of the above 11) The Portuguese sailors that successfully sailed around the world in the 1522, made history’s first… colony circumnavigation flight voyage
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