Famous Men in History
This man calculated the circumference of the Earth and wrote geography
Who was Eratosthenes
The command that Christ gave to all His followers
What is the Great Commission
The art of mapmaking
What is cartography
The four rivers leading out of Eden where ____ into the world
What are highways
The main problem with any flat map is
What is distortion
Made it easier to locate places on a map by drawing a map grid
Who was Hipparchus
The view that each culture has its own truths and values that other cultures must accept as valid
What is Multiculturalism
Detailed land features on a map, including their elevations
What is topography
How many rivers flowed out of Eden?
What are four rivers
The mapmakers whose system is still used today?stem
Who is Mercator
This man promoted geocentric theory
Who was Ptolemy
The command found in Genesis 1:28
What is the Creation Mandate
A list of the meanings of a map's point, line and area symbols
What is a legend
Which way of studying geography involves the examination of one branch of geography?
What is systematic geography
The proponent of heliocentric theory
Who is Copernicus
This man changed ideas about the revolution that the sun was the center of the universe, not earth
Who was Nicolaus Copernicus
A movement that tries to protect the environment, especially from harmful human activity
What is Environmentalism
Twelve paper strips that cover a typical globe
What are gores
What verse is cited when discussing the Creation Mandate?
What is Genesis 1:28
This man drew a modern world map and set a new standard of excellence in cartography
Who was Mercator
The system of customs and traditions and habits that a group of people uses to make something of their world
What is culture
A regular pattern of intersecting vertical and horizontal lines
What is a grid