Types of Maps
What is a thematic map?
Kind of map that contains info on only one topic or theme
The Peters Projection
Which projection is described as looking like wet clothes hanging to dry?
Latitude
Lines that run side to side are known as?
Time zones west of the Prime Meridian are?
Earlier
Legend
This uses symbols to represent things on a map what is it?
What is a general purpose map?
Map that shows a variety of different things
The Miller Cylindrical Projection
This projection was made to improve the previously accepted Mercator projection which projection is this?
Up and down
Which way do longitude lines run?
Time zones east of the Prime Meridian are?
Later
Winkel Triple Projection
Which projection is the standard projection for maps of the world?
What map shows both natural and human made features?
A topographic map
Which projection has curved lines of longitude but straight lines of latitude?
Robison projection
Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
What are two important lines of latitude?
What time zone is Victoria in?
Pacific
16
How many points are on the compass rose?
This map shows large areas of land on a small space which map is this?A small scale map
A small scale map
The Mercator projection was used to help ______ navigate
Sailors
Prime Meridian
What is the longitude line located at 0 degrees called?
What are the 6 time zones?
Pacific, Mountain, Central, Eastern, Atlantic and Newfoundland
Alpha-numeric
In the game battleship you use letters and numbers to locate things what is this called?
What is a political map?
Map that shows countries, states, major cities, and significant bodies of water
Winkel Triple Projection
Which projection was adopted by the National Geographic society and was developed in 1921?
South hemisphere
What hemisphere is Angola in?
Because the invention of the railroad
Time zones were introduced in 1884. Why?
Physical Map
What type of map shows mountains, deserts and plains?