Unit L Review

True or false: All world map projections create distorted images of the Earth to some degree. These distortions relate to size, shape, direction, and distance.

• True

• False

True or false: The purpose of the cartographer and the projection used to create a map influence the accuracy and distortion of information.

• True

• False

A method of representing the spherical Earth on a flat surface is:

• Projection

• Distortion

• Cartographer

Who is a geographer that makes maps?

• Cartographer

• Distortion

• Projection

What does a loss of accuracy result in?

• Projection

• Distortion

• Cartographer

Which projection is this?

• Gall-Peters

• Robinson

• Mercator

Which projection is this?

• Gall-Peters

• Robinson

• Mercator

Which projection is this?

• Gall-Peters

• Robinson

• Mercator

Which map projection was created in the 1960s in order to balance out size and shape distortion?

• Robinson

• Gall Peter's

• Mercator

Which map projection has accurate shape and direction, but very distorted size?

• Robinson

• Gall Peter's

• Mercator