What is a map?
A simplified image that is a model of part of the earth’s surface.
What is an oblique view?
Showing the earth’s surface from a tilted view.
What does distortion mean in mapping?
Fuzzy, unclear representation.
What is a globe?
A map that shows the earth’s surface as if it’s from space, showing true shape of land and ocean on the surface of a sphere.
What is a scale map?
A map where specific distance can be represented by a scale ratio.
What is a large-scale map?
Used to show small areas with greater detail.
What is a small-scale map?
Used to show large areas.
What is a landmark?
A fixed point.
Who are cartographers?
Map makers.
What do the cardinal directions represent?
North, South, East, West.
What does geometry show in mapping?
Direction, distance, and shapes of land masses.
What is a geometer?
Someone who sets up a grid pattern to locate positions on land.
What is distortion in the context of two-dimensional maps?
A two-dimensional map showing a three-dimensional world.
What is the equator?
A great circle that divides the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
What are lines of latitude?
Smaller circles that run parallel to the equator marking North and South.
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