Vocabulary
Meaning of the Latin roots of the word "Geography"...
What is "Earth Writing".
True or False: There is a perfect way to project the globe onto a flat surface without distortion
False
There are ___ Cardinal Directions
What is 4
A map that shows elevation through contour lines is....
What is a Topographic Map
Three components of a projection we can preserve, by distorting other elements of a map are...
What are Area, Distance and Shape
The Prime Meridian runs ___
What is vertically, or North to South
The longest parallel of latitude is...
What is the equator
What falls on the 0' 0' coordinate?
Null Island
A point that is the intersection of longitude and latitude...
What are coordinates.
The American-Swiss scientist who wrote the 1st Law of Geography
Who is Waldo Tobler
Most commonly used map projection that preserves shape but significantly distorts areas, especially at higher latitudes...
What is the Mercador projection or a conformal projection.
Where something is, in relation to something else...
What is relative location
The first world map was...
What is The Imago Mundi.
Which map projection is the least distorted...
What is... IT DEPENDS!
Which two continents does the equator cross?
What are South America and Africa.