APHG Unit 1.1 - 1.5 Review Quiz V.3

What Type of Map is Displayed?

• Choropleth

• Graduated Symbol

• Isolene

• Dot

• Cartogram

What Type of Map is Displayed?

• Choropleth

• Graduated Symbol

• Isolene

• Dot

• Cartogram

What Type of Map is Displayed?

• Choropleth

• Graduated Symbol

• Isolene

• Dot

• Cartogram

What Type of Map is Displayed?

• Choropleth

• Graduated Symbol

• Isolene

• Dot

• Cartogram

What Type of Map is Displayed?

• Choropleth

• Graduated Symbol

• Isolene

• Dot

• Cartogram

What Type of Map is Displayed?

• Road

• Political

• Physical

• Reference

• Thematic

What Type of Map is Displayed?

• Road

• Political

• Physical

• Reference

• Thematic

What Type of Map is Displayed?

• Road

• Political

• Physical

• Reference

• Thematic

All maps have distortions because:

• the earth is not perfectly round

• parts of the world have not been explored and, therefore cannot be mapped

• it is impossible to show a three dimensional object like the earth on a flat surface

• All map creators (cartographers have bias)

• We do not have enough data to complete a full map

What is a limitation of the following projection:

Goode Homolosine Projection

• • Size of land is massively distorted

• • Distortion increases as you move away from the poles

• • Shape of land is inaccurate

• There are no shortcomings of this map

• • Can’t be used for oceanic travel