Map Vocabulary

Question 1

Antarctic Circle

Answer 1

66.5° North

Question 2

Arctic Circle

Answer 2

66.5° South

Question 3

Cartography

Answer 3

Construction of maps

Question 4

Conic projection

Answer 4

Projection of a globe onto a cone (parallels are spaced evenly along the central meridian)

Question 5

Contour interval

Answer 5

Vertical distance separating to adjacent contour lines

Question 6

Contour line

Answer 6

Line along which all points are of equal elevation above or below a datum (single) plane, usually indicating mean sea level

Question 7

Cylindrical projection

Answer 7

Projection of the earth onto a cylinder

Question 8

Equidistant

Answer 8

Can be centered anywhere, facilitating the correct measurements of distances from the point to all others

Question 9

Gnomonic projections

Answer 9

All great circles appear as straight lines

Question 10

Lines of latitude

Answer 10

Parallels. run east-west

Question 11

The lowest latitude possible

Answer 11

0° latitude-the equator

Question 12

The highest latitude possible

Answer 12

90° North-North Pole

90° South-South Pole

Question 13

Lines of longitude

Answer 13

Run north-south. Meridians

Question 14

Lowest possible longitude

Answer 14

0° longitude-Prime Meridian

Question 15

Highest possible longitude

Answer 15

180° longitude-international dateline

Question 16

Planar(azimuthal)

Answer 16

Projection of a globe grid onto a plane (used in atlases).

Question 17

Tropic of Cancer

Answer 17

23.5° North

Question 18

Tropic of Capricorn

Answer 18

23.5° South