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1
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what would most accurately show the true shape of a continent

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A globe

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2
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One of the earliest maps in existence dates from the time of what

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Ancient Babylonia

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3
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What are maps that are used by sailors to navigate at sea called

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Charts

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4
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According to this type of Creationists, God used the big bang to create the earth and the universe billions of years ago and has created life at a number of points since then

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Progressive

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5
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This on a map is often expressed as the ratio of two numbers that indicate the relative size and detail of the features shown on the map

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Map scale

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6
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What is the name of a person who creates maps

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Cartographers

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In comparison to a map of the United States, a map showing just the sreets in your neighborhood would be a ______ scale map.

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large

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If you are standing at a point that has zero degrees latitude, your are standing on what

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Equator

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9
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What indicated to many educated people before the time of Christ that the earth was actually a sphere

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A lunar eclipse

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10
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What are lines of latitude called

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Parallels

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11
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The referene latitude line is the _________

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Equator

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12
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What is the highest possible number for a longitude reading

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180

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13
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The prime meridian at greenwich is a 0 degrees what

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East and West

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14
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What are the precise latitude and longitude values of your location called

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geographic coordinates

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15
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The internationa date line passes through what

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The western Pacific Ocean

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16
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What measures of latitude or longitude is about 60 nautical miles on the earth’s surface at the Equator

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One degree

17
Q

What were the first defined subdivisions of degrees, and later were borrowed to use as units of time

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Minutes and seconds

18
Q

Sailors were unable to easily and accurately determine longitude until the invention of these

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clocks

19
Q

What gives you the most accurate geopgraphic coordinates

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GPS receiver

20
Q

What direction does the arrow on many maps point

A

North

21
Q

What part of a map defines all the symbols and colors on the map

A

Map legend

22
Q

The _______ statement on a map can help determine its accuracy

A

copyright

23
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What is the boxed area where all of the symbols and colors used on the map are defined

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Map legend

24
Q

Does distortion exist somewhere on every map that shows the entire world

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yes

25
Q

What map projection would have its point of contact in the center of North America

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Oblique

26
Q

Unlike a shpere a _____ or a ____ can be easily flattened into a plane

A

Cone, cylinder

27
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Catographers use map projections to transfer points from a sphere the earth to what

A

A surface that is flat, AKA a plane

28
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Which projection do maps of the polar regions often use which touches the globe at the poles

A

Gnomic

29
Q

What type of map was specifically created for textbook world maps

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The Robinson world map

30
Q

A state map that you might use to find your way around while on vacation is a standard map that contains both ________ and ________ information

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Political and Geographic

31
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If you are in charge of creating the route for a new hiking trail through a mountainous region, you would start by using this kind of map

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Topographic

32
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What are the lines on a map that connect points on equal elevation

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Contour lines

33
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What type of map would be shaded to show the ranges of the gray wolf and red golf

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Thematic map

34
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In the GIS map data for a city, railroad tracks would most likely be displayed using which data type

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Line data type

35
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What does GIS stand for

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Geographic information system

36
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What are the ways that data is gathered for use in a GIS

A

A surveying, radar, sonair

37
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Who would find benchmarks the most helpful in performing his job

A

surveyors

38
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What is the fastest means for collecting geographic data over large areas

A

GPS

39
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Acoustic sensing would be most valuable in mapping what

A

The ocean floor

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