Need to know
The basic tool of geography is a
What is a map
Rather than indicating points on a map by referring to feet, mapmakers use
What is degree
The basis of all longitudinal measurements is the
what is the prime meridian
Which map is most useful for showing wide regions?
what is a conic map
Distance east or west of the prime meridian measured in degrees
what is longitude
The art of map making
What is cartography
Detailed land features—such as mountains, hills, elevations, rivers, and swamps—are referred to as
what is topography
Each of the meridians on a globe forms a
What is the great circle
Which cylindrical projection minimizes the distortion of area and shape?
Who was Goode's
These divide colors on a relief map.
what are contour lines
What are the two main branches of geography?
What is physical geography and human geography
Whose map became the standard during the age of exploration?
Who is Mercator
A typical globe is covered by twelve strips of paper called
what are gores
Any method used to show the earth’s round surface on a flat map is called a
what is distortion
One-half of the earth
what is a hemisphere
Hipparchus’s contribution to geography was the
What was a grid
The mapmaker whose system is still used today is
Who was Mercator
Any method used to show the earth’s round surface on a flat map is called a
what is a map projection
What projection minimizes all four types of distortion?
Who was Robinson's
Distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees
what is latitude
The first writer to use the term geography was
Who was Eratosthenes
The proponent of the heliocentric theory was
Who was Copernicus
Each of the complete lines that run north and south around the globe forms a
what is the great circle
What was the first important cylindrical map projection?
Who was Mercator's
Divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres
what is the equator