Maps

 A disadvantage to the Mercator/Cylindrical map projection would be

• show true directions
• land size is distorted away from the equator
• most commonly used map

The change in shape, size, or location of a place when shown on a map.

• Map Projection
• Distortion
• stretching
• validity

balanced distortion of size and shape

• Planar
• Robinson
• Cylindrical
• Conic

shows direction, distorts size

• Fan
• Robinson
• Mercator
• Lambert

Which most accurately displays the size, shape, and location of continents and oceans?

• Globe
• Mercator Projection
• Goode's Homolosine
• Robinson

Which map projection makes land near the poles seem gigantic (like Antarctica and Greenland)?

• Planar
• Cylindrical
• Robinson
• Fan

Identify this projection - it is mainly used for marine navigation

• Robinson/Balanced
• Mercator/Cylindrical
• Polar/Planar
• Fan/Conic

Identify this map

• Physical Map
• Thematic Map
• Political Map

Identify this map

• Political map
• Thematic Map
• Physical Map

Identify this map

• Thematic Map
• Physical Map
• Political Map
• Climate Map