Mapping and cartography

Question 1

Which of the following countries is closest in size to the land area of the province of Quebec?
a) Turkey
b) Iran
c) Venezuela
d) Spain

Answer 1

b) Iran

Question 2

Which early explorer is responsible for the creation of this map?
a) John Cabot
b) Samuel de Champlain
c) David Thompson
d) Henry Hudson

Answer 2

b) Samuel de Champlain

Question 3

Which of the following countries would you find along the Tropic of Cancer?
a) Namibia
b) Australia
c) Japan
d) Saudi Arabia

Answer 3

d) Saudi Arabia

Question 4

If you were a sailor, which map projection would be the most useful for navigation?
a) Azimuthal stereographic
b) Mercator
c) Lambert conformal conic
d) Gall Peters

Answer 4

b) Mercator

Question 5

The Prime Meridian does NOT pass through which of the following countries?
a) Mali
b) Tanzania
c) Ghana
d) Algeria

Answer 5

b) Tanzania

Question 6

This map depicts Europe in which year?
a) 1812
b) 1875
c) 1930
d) 1914
*see picture

Answer 6

d) 1914

Question 7

Which city would be the closest to these coordinates: 4S, 39E
a) Paramaribo, Suriname
b) Toledo, Spain
c) Mombasa, Kenya
d) Cape Town, South Africa

Answer 7

c) Mobasa, Kenya

Question 8

What does GIS stand for?
a) Global Information System
b) Geographic Information System
c) Geographic Inquiry society
d) Globalized Information Society

Answer 8

b) Geographic Information System

Question 9

The Imago Mundi is considered the oldest known world map. In which ancient city was it created?
a) Babylon
b) Rome
c) Athens
d) Carthage

Answer 9

A) Babylon

Question 10

What do you call a geographic boundary that marks a difference in a particular linguistic feature (e.g.. crawfish and crayfish mean the same thing in different regions in the United States?)
a) isogloss
b) diaspora
c) isopleth
d) diametric

Answer 10

a) Isogloss