APHUG 1.1

According to historical record, the inventor of the word "geography" was:

• Aristotle

• Strabo

• Ptolemy

• Eratosthenes

Scale is

• the system used by geographers to transfer locations from a globe to a map

• the difference in elevation between two points in a specific area

• the spread of phenomenon over a given area

• the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape

1:24,000 is an example of what kind of scale?

• ratio

• written

• graphic

• projection

The scientific process for transferring locations from a globe to a flat map is known as a(n):

• distribution

• projection

• rendition

• scale

All maps have

• distortion

• bar scale

• graduated circles

• multiple colors

Which map projection is most distorted at high latitudes?

• Robinson

• Azimuthal

• Mercator

• Peters

Our textbook, The Cultural Landscape, will mostly use which map projection?

• Goode

• Mercator

• Peters

• Winkel

Greenwich Mean Time is measured from

• 0 degrees latitude

• 0 degrees longitude

• 90 degrees latitude

• 180 degrees longitude

GPS stands for

• geographic place synthesis.

• global peoples standards.

• geographic positioning science

• global positioning system.

The map shown is a ___________________ map.

• Isoline

• Dot distribution

• Choropleth

• Cartogram