Maps and Map Projections

What is an Map

• a scale model of the earth that depicts its properties

• an acurate display of all the earth features

• A flat representattion of all or part of the earth

• an imaginary line that is parallel to the equator

What is the name of the profession of making maps

• Geologist

• Biologist

• historians

• cartographers

What happens when a maps curves are flattened

• nothing

• still acurate

• A and B

• Distortion

what changes when a map is disorted

• Shape

• Distance

• All of the above

• Area

What is the Great Circle Route

• Follows the curves of the earth and show shortest distances between to points

• a route that shows the shortest ditances between all the contients

• a flat representation of all or parts of the earth

• a accurate dipiction of the earth properties

What are 3 map projection

• Meracator, Robinson, Polar projections

• World political, World Physical, & political projections

• Globe, map, & key projections

• Globe, Map, Scale projections

What is a Globe

• a flat representation of the earth

• A scale model of the earth

• a very detailed map

• a non-detailed map

How many map projections are their

• 5

• 2

• 8

• 7

which map projection looks like a cone

• Planar Projection

• cyndrical Projection

• Robinson

• Conic Projection

Which map projection looks like a cylinder

• cylindrical projection

• planar projection

• winkle-triple projection

• conic projection