Map Terms

Question 1

Cartography

Answer 1

the study and practice of making maps

Question 2

Scale

Answer 2

ratio of the distance on a map to the corresponding distance on the ground

Question 3

Projection

Answer 3

systematic transformation from the lattitudes and longitudes on a sphere or ellipsoid to locations on a plane

Question 4

Mercator Projection

Answer 4

cylindrical map projection; represents lines of constant course as straight lines; preserves angles and shapes of small objects; big objects are distorted

Question 5

Robinson Projection

Answer 5

map projection that shows the entire world at once; neither equal area or conformal

Question 6

GIS

Answer 6

Geographic Information System: system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage and present all types of geographic information

Question 7

Remote Sensing

Answer 7

accquisition of information about something without making physical contact with the object

Question 8

GPS

Answer 8

Global Positioning System; space-based, satellite navigation system; works whenever there is line of site with four satellites

Question 9

Toponym

Answer 9

study of place names including their origins and use

Question 10

Site

Answer 10

a point or area on the Earth’s surface

Question 11

Situation

Answer 11

location of a place relative to other places on Earth

Question 12

Longitude

Answer 12

a number system used to determine the location of each meridian

Question 13

Prime Meridian

Answer 13

meridian that passes through Greenwich, England. also known as the 0 degree meridian

Question 14

Latitude

Answer 14

numbering system to indicate the location of a parallel on Earth

Question 15

Equator

Answer 15

parallel that is located at 0 degrees

Question 16

Time Zones

Answer 16

the zone represents every 15 degrees east or west from GMT

Question 17

International Date Line

Answer 17

imaginary line from north to south pole that demarcates one calendar day from the other; roughly follows 180 degree longitude line

Question 18

Distribution

Answer 18

the arrangement of a feature in space

Question 19

Density

Answer 19

the frequency with which something occurs in space

Question 20

Space-Time Compression

Answer 20

used to describe the reduction in the time it takes from something to move

Question 21

Hearth

Answer 21

the place which an innovation originates; connected to node

Question 22

Reversed

the study and practice of making maps

Answer 22

Cartography

Question 23

Reversed

ratio of the distance on a map to the corresponding distance on the ground

Answer 23

Scale

Question 24

Reversed

systematic transformation from the lattitudes and longitudes on a sphere or ellipsoid to locations on a plane

Answer 24

Projection

Question 25

# Reversed cylindrical map projection; represents lines of constant course as straight lines; preserves angles and shapes of small objects; big objects are distorted

Answer 25

Mercator Projection

Question 26

# Reversed map projection that shows the entire world at once; neither equal area or conformal

Answer 26

Robinson Projection

Question 27

# Reversed Geographic Information System: system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage and present all types of geographic information

Answer 27

GIS

Question 28

# Reversed accquisition of information about something without making physical contact with the object

Answer 28

Remote Sensing

Question 29

# Reversed Global Positioning System; space-based, satellite navigation system; works whenever there is line of site with four satellites

Answer 29

GPS

Question 30

# Reversed study of place names including their origins and use

Answer 30

Toponym

Question 31

# Reversed a point or area on the Earth's surface

Answer 31

Site

Question 32

# Reversed location of a place relative to other places on Earth

Answer 32

Situation

Question 33

# Reversed a number system used to determine the location of each meridian

Answer 33

Longitude

Question 34

# Reversed meridian that passes through Greenwich, England. also known as the 0 degree meridian

Answer 34

Prime Meridian

Question 35

# Reversed numbering system to indicate the location of a parallel on Earth

Answer 35

Latitude

Question 36

# Reversed parallel that is located at 0 degrees

Answer 36

Equator

Question 37

# Reversed the zone represents every 15 degrees east or west from GMT

Answer 37

Time Zones

Question 38

# Reversed imaginary line from north to south pole that demarcates one calendar day from the other; roughly follows 180 degree longitude line

Answer 38

International Date Line

Question 39

# Reversed the arrangement of a feature in space

Answer 39

Distribution

Question 40

# Reversed the frequency with which something occurs in space

Answer 40

Density

Question 41

# Reversed used to describe the reduction in the time it takes from something to move

Answer 41

Space-Time Compression

Question 42

# Reversed the place which an innovation originates; connected to node

Answer 42

Hearth