The Geographer's World

The precise point on Earth where a particular place can be found is called its

• absolute location.

• relative location.

• distortion

• map projection

You invite a friend to play basketball at a park. You tell him the park is two blocks north of the school. You have just described the park’s

• absolute location.

• latitude.

• • map projection.

• relative location.

What is the main problem with showing a spherical Earth on a flat map?

• Only globes can accurately show distances.

• The size, shape, and position of Earth’s features are distorted.

• Maps are more difficult to carry around than globes are.

• The map must be enormous to show any amount of detail.

Which statement about map projections is true?

• All map projections have some kind of distortion.

• Geographers use map projections that eliminate all distortions.

• No map projection can accurately show the sizes of places.

• • All map projections distort the shapes of places.

  
  

What is the purpose of a compass rose?

• to identify symbols on a map

• to indicate directions on a map

• to tell what the map shows

• to allow people to locate any point on Earth

Which of the following is an intermediate direction?

• north

• • compass rose

• southwest

• latitude

A synonym for map legend is map

• guide.

• grid.

• translator.

• key.

A map grid

• indicates cardinal and intermediate directions on a map.

• helps you find specific locations on a map by means of a code.

• explains the symbols that are used on the map.

• describes the area shown on the map and identifies the map’s topic.

Which of the following run east and west around the globe?

• International Date Line

• meridians of longitude

• • parallels of latitude

• prime meridian

The line that marks 0° longitude is the

• equator.

• International Date Line.

• prime meridian.

• • Tropic of Capricorn.