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Lecture 1 - Quiz 1

The document is a quiz covering key concepts in cartography and map types. It contains 15 multiple choice questions testing understanding of topics like: - Types of maps including topographic, planimetric, thematic, and photomaps - Map elements such as scale, projection, and legend - Historical contributors to mapmaking from ancient to medieval periods - Objectives and uses of different map categories showing physical features, distributions, and more.

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Lecture 1 - Quiz 1

The document is a quiz covering key concepts in cartography and map types. It contains 15 multiple choice questions testing understanding of topics like: - Types of maps including topographic, planimetric, thematic, and photomaps - Map elements such as scale, projection, and legend - Historical contributors to mapmaking from ancient to medieval periods - Objectives and uses of different map categories showing physical features, distributions, and more.

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GE 105 – QUIZ 1

1. It is a type of map characterized by large-scale detail and quantitative representation of relief, usually
now using contour lines, but historically using a variety of methods.

Select one:

a. Texture Map
b. Topographic Map
c. Thematic Map
d. Planimetric Map

2. A map made by superimposing orienting data and markings on an aerial photograph.

Select one:

a. Photomap
b. Thematic Map
c. Planimetric Map
d. Computer-generated Map

3. MAPPA is?

Select one:

a. The Latin word for Map.


b. The Greek word for mapping.
c. The Greek word for making maps.
d. The Latin word of Cartography.

4. A map showing only the horizontal position of features on the Earth's surface which show geographic
objects, natural and cultural physical features, and entities without topographic features.

Select one:

a. Computer-Generated Map
b. Photomap
c. Thematic Map
d. Planimetric Map

5. A movement map shows

Select one:

a. how to get around, such as road maps


b. what the land itself looks like, identifying physical features
c. how an area is divided into countries, states, provinces or other units
d. where something can be found

6. It is a method for adding detail, surface texture (a bitmap or raster image), or color to a computer-
generated or 3D model.

Select one:

a. Topographic Map
b. Planimetric Map
c. Photomap
d. Computer-Generated Map

7. Which of the following does not belong to the group – people who contributed greatly in the early,
ancient mapmaking?

Select one:

a. Eratosthenes
b. Ptolemy
c. Hecataeus
d. Columbus

8. It is the dimensional relationship between reality and the map.

Select one:

a. Legend
b. Scale
c. Title
d. Projection
e. None of the choices

9. A distribution map shows

Select one:

a. how to get around, such as road maps


b. what the land itself looks like, identifying physical features
c. where something can be found
d. how an area is divided into countries, states, provinces, or other units

10. A physical map shows

Select one:

a. what the land itself looks like, identifying physical features


b. how to get around, such as road maps
c. where something can be found
d. how an area is divided into countries, states, provinces, or other units
11. It is the production of maps, including the construction of projections, design, compilation, drafting,
and reproduction.
Select one:

a. Cartographien
b. None of the choices
c. Cartography
d. Mapping
e. All of the choices (except, None of the choices)

12. Which of the following does not belong to the group - people who contributed greatly in medieval
mapmaking?

Select one:

a. Münster
b. al-Gharaib
c. Columbus
d. Ptolemy

13. The primary objective of some maps is to store geographic information in ________ format.

Select one:

a. tabular
b. planar
c. 2D/flat
d. spatial

14. This map "can portray physical, social, political, cultural, economic, sociological, agricultural, or any
other aspects of a city, state, region, nation, or continent".

Select one:

a. Thematic Map
b. Planimetric Map
c. Topographic Map
d. Political Map

15. The T-O maps started to be famous during the …

Select one:

a. Ancient times
b. Medieval period
c. Renaissance period
d. All of the choices

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