Geography Fall Semester Test

According to many geographers, the best world map available is the Question

• Equal-projection
• Mercator projection
• Robinson projection
• None of the above

Geographic information systems are useful to

• Geographers
• Businesses
• Government officials
• All of the above

All the landmasses are the same size in the

• Equal-area projection
• Mercator projection
• Robinson projection
• None of the above

What is the biggest disadvantage of globes?

• They are round rather than flat or pear-shaped
• They represent everything to scale
• A globe that is complete enough to be useful is too big for everyday use
• They show the actual shapes of continents and oceans

Which of the following is the most accurate way to present information about the shapes and sizes of landmasses and bodies of water?

• A Mercator projection map
• An equal-area map
• A Robinson projection map
• A globe

Human and physical features at a specific location can be studied using the theme of

• Human-environment interaction
• Movement
• Place
• Regions

What part of the map provides the best information about the map’s subject?

• The compass rose
• The key
• The scale bar
• The title

Geography is the study of

• Maps
• The hemispheres
• Earth
• Individual regions

Landmasses are sized correctly, but their shapes are altered in the

• Equal-area projection
• Mercator projection
• Robinson projection
• None of these

North, south, east, and west are known as

• Lines of latitude
• Lines of longitude
• Cardinal directions
• Intermediate direction