Test Bank for Human Geography Places and Regions in Global Context, 25th Canadian Edition by Knox

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1. Everytprojectionthastsometdegreetoftdistortiontbecause

A. atcurvedtsurfacetcannottbetrepresentedtontatflattsurfacetwithouttdistortion.
B. parallelstandtmeridianstnevertcrosstattrighttanglestontatglobe.
C. thetgridtsystemtisttwo-dimensionaltbuttthetearthtistthree-dimensional.
D. atspheretistatdevelopabletsurface.

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2. AlltoftthetfollowingtaretkeytreferencetpointstintthetgridtsystemtEXCEPTtthe

A. NorthtandtSouthtPoles.
B. GreenwichtVillage,tNewtYork.
C. equator.
D. primetmeridian.

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3. Whichtonetoftthetfollowingtcorrectlytliststthetfourtmaintpropertiestoftmaps?

A. area,tdirection,tlatitude,tlongitude
B. equivalence,tshape,tlatitude,tlongitude
C. conformality,tequivalence,tdirection,tsymbols
D. area,tshape,tdistance,tdirection

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4. Alltoftthetfollowingtstatementstabouttsmall-scaletmapstarettruetEXCEPTtthattthey

A. givetatgeneraltideatoftthetrelativetlocationstoftmajortfeatures.
B. showtsignificantlytlesstdetailtthantdotlargertscaletmaps.
C. typicallytsmoothtouttsuchtfeaturestastcoastlinestandtrivers.
D. permittthetaccuratetmeasurementtoftmajortfeatures.

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5. WhichtoftthetfollowingtfeaturestistNOTtcommonlytfoundtonttopographictmaps?

A. elevationtcontours
B. rivers,tlakes,tandtcoastaltfeatures
C. culturaltfeaturestsuchtastbuildings,torchards,tcities,tandtroads
D. proportionaltcircletsymbolstdepictingtpopulationtdistribution

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6. WhichtoftthetfollowingtstatementstabouttremotetsensingtistNOTttrue?

A. Ittistatfastertmeanstoftreconnaissancetthantgroundtsurveying.
B. IttbegantwithtdatatcollectedtbytthetUnitedtStatestspacetprogram.
C. OnetoftthetmosttcommontsourcestoftremotelytsensedtdatatistLandsattimagery.
D. Aerialtphotographstmusttbetinterpretedtbeforetmapstcantbetmadetoftthem.

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7. WhichtoftthetfollowingtistNOTtatwayttotshowtatquantitytattatpointtontatmap?

A. dots
B. three-dimensionaltsymbols
C. proportionaltcircles
D. pixels

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8. Whichtoftthetfollowingtistthetlargesttscaletmap?

A. 1:t8,000
B. 1:t24,000
C. 1:t50,000
D. 1:t63,360

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9. Probablytthetmosttoftentmisusedtprojectiontis

A. Goode'stHomolosine.
B. simpletconic.
C. gnomonic.
D. Mercator.

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10. Whichtoftthetfollowingtstatementstabouttlatitudetisttrue?

A. Latitudetistatmeasuretoftdistancetandtoftthetequator.
B. Latitudetlinestaretalwaystparallelttoteachtothertontatglobe.
C. Latitudetvariestfromt0ttot180.
D. Ontatglobe,tlinestoftlatitudetintersecttparallelstoftlongitudetattrighttangles.

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11. Atcontourtinterval

A. istthetverticaltspacingtbetweentcontourtlines.
B. connectstpointstoftequaltelevationtabovetseatlevel.
C. istatsingletmaptintattopographictseries.
D. heightenstthetgraphicteffecttoftattopographictmap.

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12. Atmaptdrawntattwhichtoftthetfollowingtscalestwouldtprovidetthetgreatesttleveltoftdetail?

A. 1:t8,000
B. 1:t24,000
C. 1:t50,000
D. 1:t63,360

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