Maps

Question 1

What is A map projection

Answer 1

Different ways of showing the round planet on a flat map

Question 2

The three types of map projections are

Answer 2

Cylindrical
Conic
Flat plane

Question 3

What is a cylindrical projection based on

Answer 3

A cylinder wrapped around the globe

Question 4

What is A conic projection based on

Answer 4

A cone placed over the globe

Question 5

What is a flat plane projection based on

Answer 5

A plane touching the globe at one point

Question 6

Latitude

Answer 6

Runs east/west

Measures north/south

Question 7

Longitude

Answer 7

Runs north/south

Measures east/west

Question 8

North Pole

Answer 8

90° N Latitude

Question 9

South Pole

Answer 9

90° S Latitude

Question 10

Equator

Answer 10

0° N/S Latitude

Question 11

Prime meridian

Answer 11

0° E/W Longitude

Question 12

Globe

Answer 12

Scale model of the earth

Question 13

Continent

Answer 13

Large land mass

Question 14

Grid

Answer 14

Imaginary lines that intersection the earth

(Latitude + Longitude

Question 15

Hemisphere

Answer 15

Half of the earth

Question 16

Axis

Answer 16

Imaginary line that goes through the poles

Question 17

Degrees (°)

Answer 17

Units that measure distances with latitude and longitude

Question 18

The 7 continents are?

Answer 18

North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Antarctica, and Europe

Question 19

4 oceans

Answer 19

Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian

Question 20

4 hemispheres

Answer 20

Northern southern eastern western