answers first World Cultures Quiz #1 - Sheet1 Flashcards
who a person is
Identity
make up our identity
identifiers
the idea that we hold many identities in our lives
intersectionality
the study of human and non-human features
Geography
loss of accuracy, size, or position
distortion
size
scale
a way to show the Earth on a flat surface
projection
N, S, E, W
cardinal directions
in between cardinal directions (NE, SW)
intermediate directions
0° latitude imaginary line drawn around Earth’s surface
Equator
0° longitude
Prime Meridian
There is distortion in area, distance, direction, and shape.
What is a problem that occurs from using a flat map?
Made by projecting a globe onto a flat surface that touches the globe at one point such as the North Pole
What is an azimuthal map projection?
when a map is projected like a cone with longitude lines straight and latitude lines curved and looks like a cone
What is a conic map projection?
when you project a map onto a cylinder that touches Earth’s surface along the Equator
What is a cylindrical map projection?
