Unit 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 Columbus30sEditDelete
- Q2Why was it important to keep accurate time at sea?Allowed for better communication between the shipsOfficers used the time to know the time zonesHelped the crews know when to report for their shiftIt was necessary for navigation charts30sEditDelete
- Q3The Prime Meridian is located at0˚ longitude180˚ longitude0˚ latitude90˚ longitude30sEditDelete
- Q4The most accurate portrayal of the earth is aMap projectionMercator mapglobeatlas30sEditDelete
- Q5An economic map is a map ofa map of the wealth in a countrya map of banks across the globea map of the various jobsnatural resources30sEditDelete
- Q6The International Dateline is located atTropic of Capricorn90˚ latitudePrime Meridian180˚ longitude30sEditDelete
- Q7The first layer of a GIS is called alandsat layervector layerraster layerremote layer30sEditDelete
- Q8How many time zones are there?twelveeighteentwenty fourthirty-six30sEditDelete
- Q9Map projections were developed to address what issuelack of cartographersdistortion of the earth as a flat mapdesign of various map themesoutdated maps30sEditDelete
- Q10Who was credited with circumnavigating the globe?Lief EriksonFerdinand MagellanChristopher ColumbusJohn Harrison30sEditDelete
- Q11Mrs. 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 seconds30sEditDelete
- Q12If 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 hours30sEditDelete
- Q13On a globe, lines drawn east to west measureposition north and southposition wast and westmeasures the eastern hemispheremeasures the northern hemisphere30sEditDelete
- Q14The concept of timezones in the United States was adopted after .....Widespread use of electricityIndustrial RevolutionRail travel expanded in the USCivil War30sEditDelete
- Q15In a GIS, these layers provide the most detailsvectorlandsatrasterstreetview30sEditDelete
- Q16The line that runs through Greenwich England is the90˚ line of latitudeEquatorInternational DatelinePrime Meridian30sEditDelete
- Q17Mr. Little and Mr. Eshleman decided to build an amusement park, which map would be the most useful?polar projection mapclimate mapgeologic mapvegetation map30sEditDelete
- Q18Another name for lines of longitudeprimarysecondarymeridiansparallels30sEditDelete
- Q19The Dark Ages impacted European explorers becausethey could not get funding for voyagescartographers were forbidden to draw mapsmaps were based on religion and superstition30sEditDelete
- Q20Who calculated the size and shape of the earth?AztecsGreeksRomans30sEditDelete
