Answers For Geography 131

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Chapter 1: Foundations of Geography MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Which of the following possesses all the Earth properties of area, shape, direction, proximity, and distance, correctly? A) a world globe B) Robinson projection C) Alber's equal-area conic projection D) Mercator projection Answer: A 2) Which of the following is not a class of map projection? A) planar B) conical C) cylindrical D) geometrical Answer: D 3) The larger the scale of a map, the __________ the area covered by the map and the ________ detail it provides. A) smaller; less B) larger; more C) larger; less D) smaller; more Answer: D 4) The basis for defining the length of a day is the fact that A) Earth rotates on its axis in 24 hours, i.e., it rotates 15 degree of longitude per hour B) Earth does not rotate; rather, it revolves C) Earth moves through 365.25 days a year in its orbit about the Sun D) Earth rotates east to west Answer: A 5) The carbon dioxide that is being added to the atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels is an example of an ________ variable to the atmosphere and an ________ variable from the lithosphere. A) output; input B) input; output C) output; output D) input; input Answer: B 6) The part of geography that embodies map making is known as A) theodesy B) geodesy C) calligraphy D) cartography Answer: D 7) A map scale of 1:24,000 means that A) one centimeter on the map equals 24,000 centimeters on the ground B) one foot on the map equals 24,000 feet on the earth C) one inch on the map equals 24,000 inches on the ground D) all of the above E) none of the above Answer: D 8) An angular distance measured north or south of the equator from the center of Earth is termed: A) zenith B) Greenwich distance C)

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