Lesson 1

Question 1

In what type of map does the given value change every time you cross a line?

Answer 1

Isoline

Question 1

Do Isoline maps have color associated with them?

Answer 1

They can! But they will always have lines to represent points of change

Question 2

Graticule

Answer 2

Latitude and longitude

Question 3

What can you find with a compass?

Answer 3

Absolute direction

Question 4

Coastal population is an example of what type of pattern?

Answer 4

Clustering

Question 5

Rural population is an example of what type of pattern?

Answer 5

Dispersal/distribution

Question 6

Map projections are SADD because…

Answer 6

They distort:
Shape
Area
Distance
Direction

Question 7

What type of map projection cuts out large chunks of the ocean in order to preserve the size/shapes of landmasses?

Answer 7

Goode Homolosine

Question 8

What landmasses are distorted in the Mercator/Peters Equal Area map projections?

Answer 8

Greenland & Antarctica / Africa

Question 9

What type of map projection is somewhere in the middle of the Mercator and Peters Equal Area map projections, retaining relatively accurate size and shape?

Answer 9

Robinson