Lesson 1:2 - Understanding Maps

What is shown in this image?

• a Mercator projects

• a conic projection

• a gnomonic projection

• a topographic map

What is needed to precisely locate places on Earth?

• time zone

• International Date Line

• North and South poles

• longitude and latitude

What are the lines in the figure called?

• contour lines

• hachures

• longitude lines

• latitude lines

On a topographic map, which do hachures point toward?

• higher elevations

• lakes

• no change in elevation

• lower elevations

Which is not usually included in map legends?

• people

• interstates

• railroads

• rivers

The ratio between distances on a map and distance on Earth

• map scale

• cartography

• map legend

• equator

A table that explains what the symbols on a map represent

• map scale

• cartography

• map legend

• equator

The distance in degrees north or sount of the equator

• latitude

• longitude

• contour interval

• prime meridian

The difference in elevation between two contour lines

• latitude

• longitude

• contour interval

• prime meridian

A map made b projecting points and lines from a globe onto a piece of paper that touches the globe at a single point

• gnomonic projection

• conic projection

• Mercator projection

• topographic map