The person who makes maps is known as a _________.
Surveyor
Cartographer
Hector
James Rennell drew the first map of Africa in the year ________.
1798
1700
1689
Jigsaw puzzles were invented in the late ______ century to be used in geography classes.
20th
19th
18th
The first map to custom the name America was made by a German cartographer named _________.
John Cabot
Martin Waldseemuller
Marco Polo
Not all places on the map exist.
True
False
________ has created at least one paper town in Argleton, England.
Polo
Yahoo
There are four Norths on the map.
True
False
The first printed map is in an encyclopedia known as _________.
Juan de la Cosa
Rudimentum Novitiorum
Amerigo Vespucci
_________ Projection was invented in the mid-16th century by Gerardus Mercator.
Mercator
Columbus
Explore
The first known map for putting North on top and South at the bottom is from _______.
Finland
Australia
Korea
The term globe was derived from the Latin word _______.
Global
Globus
Glory
The history of maps is traced back to ancient times.
True
False
The best place to purchase maps is the _________.
Denmark
Sweden
Netherlands
In which year, did they discover a map of the night sky in France?
1998
2000
2022
The Mercator projections have some shortcomings.
True
False
The Fra Mauro map was created by the monk Fra Mauro in ______ AD.
1400
1409
1450
The celestial globes focus more on the position of stars in the sky without considering the parts of the sun, moon, and planets.
True
False
The oldest known map is of the Earth and not the stars.
True
False
There is a map of stars that shows three bright stars known today as the _________.
Trio Challenge
Summer Triangle
Triangle Way
A map is different from an aerial photograph because it includes interpretation.
True
False
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