Module 2 Geographic Tools
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- Q 1/29Score 0Who invented a timepiece that could keep accurate time at sea?29John HarrisonRupert GouldFerdinand MagellanChristopher Columbus
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- Q1Who invented a timepiece that could keep accurate time at sea?John HarrisonRupert GouldFerdinand MagellanChristopher Columbus30s
- Q2The Prime Meridian is located at0˚ longitude180˚ longitude0˚ latitude90˚ longitude30s
- Q3The most accurate portrayal of the earth is aMap projectionMercator mapglobeatlas30s
- Q4An economic map is a map ofa map of the wealth in a countrya map of banks across the globea map of the various jobsnatural resources30s
- Q5The International Dateline is located atTropic of Capricorn90˚ latitudePrime Meridian180˚ longitude30s
- Q6The first layer of a GIS is called alandsat layervector layerraster layerremote layer30s
- Q7How many time zones are there?twelveeighteentwenty fourthirty-six30s
- Q8Map projections were developed to address what issuelack of cartographersdistortion of the earth as a flat mapdesign of various map themesoutdated maps30s
- Q9Who was credited with circumnavigating the globe?Lief EriksonFerdinand MagellanChristopher ColumbusJohn Harrison30s
- Q10Mrs. Basilio was walking around the 45˚ W longitude. If she did not walk far enough to make the 46W˚ longitude how could she state her distance?centimeters and metersfeet and inchesdegree, minutes and secondhours, minutes and seconds30s
- Q11If you cross over the International Datelinego ahead or back 12 hoursyou go ahead or back a daygo ahead or back 10 hoursgo ahead or back 18 hours30s
- Q12On a globe, lines drawn east to west measureposition north and southposition wast and westmeasures the eastern hemispheremeasures the northern hemisphere30s
- Q13The concept of timezones in the United States was adopted after .....Widespread use of electricityIndustrial RevolutionRail travel expanded in the USCivil War30s
- Q14In a GIS, these layers provide the most detailsvectorlandsatrasterstreetview30s
- Q15The line that runs through Greenwich England is the90˚ line of latitudeEquatorInternational DatelinePrime Meridian30s
