Spiral Review Week 2 Flashcards

Which term is used to describe the exact place on Earth at which a geographic feature is found?

Map projections represent the Earth's surface by converting a:

0 degrees latitude is

Countries in the Eastern Hemisphere are:

Which map projection would be most helpful to an airline pilot flying from Richmond, Virginia to Tokyo, Japan? Options: Mercator Projection, Polar Projection, Robinson Projection, Goode's Projection

What does a political map show?

One half of the globe is called a

Which of the following is NOT used to show the relative location of a place? Options: its direction from other places, its distance from other places, its latitude and longitude, its proximity to natural resources.

Which part of a map shows the approximate distance between two places?

This type of map is used to show: