Types of Maps
This type of map looks like an onion.
What is a sinusoidal map?
The study of the Earth
geography
What is another name for a map legend?
Map Key
Shows directions such as east, west, south, and north.
a compass rose
This type of map has a great deal of size distortion near the poles.
What is a Mercator projection?
A visual representation of an area or Earth.
A map
The process of making map projections
Cartography
This type of map shows boundaries like states, cities, and countries, and often includes capitals.
Political Map
This is what happens when a round object is mapped on a flat surface.
What is distortion?
Imaginary lines that run north to south
Lines of Longitude
This is the person or organization made the map.
What is the author?
Imaginary Lines that run east to west
lines of latitude
On this map south is at the top of the page, and Asia is in the center.
What is a MacArthur's Universal Corrective map?
This is the line that separates the northern and southern hemisphere. It is at 0 degrees latitude...
the Equator
Denver's absolute location is 39.7392° N, 104.9903°. These numbers are numbers on a ________
What is grid system?
This is the line that separates the eastern hemisphere from the western hemisphere. It is at 0 degrees longitude.
the prime meridian
This map is a compromise, with some shape and size distortion.
What is a Robinson projection?
Where a map maker gets their information, it adds credibility to a map.
What is a source?
A place that shows what page or portion of a map a specific place is on.
What is an index?
This tells what direction a map is facing.
What is orientation?