Geog 260 Midterm

1. 1When correct angles are retained, the projection is....

   1. Aconformal
   2. Bequidistant
   3. Cequivilant
2. 2Check the projections that are conformal
   

   1. AMercator
   2. BTransverse Mercator
   3. CLambert's Conformal Conic and two standard parallels
   4. DStereographic Azimuthal
   5. EMiller Cylindrical Projection
3. 3Mercator's projections maintain

   1. Aangles
   2. Bshapes
   3. Cdirection
   4. Dall of the above
   5. Ea and b
4. 4Lambert's Conformal Conic with two standard parallels distorts ________________ but keeps directions ____________.

   1. Aangles, directions
   2. Bshapes, directions
   3. Cdirections, shapes
   4. Dangles, shapes
5. 5Azimuthal projections show ___________________ accurately from the ___________, but distorts _______________ elsewhere.

   1. Adistances and directions, centre point, shapes and sizes.
   2. Bshapes and sizes, meridian, distances and directions
   3. Cdistances and directions, meridian, shapes and sizes
   4. Dshapes and sizes, centre point, distances and directions
6. 6Equidistant map projections maintains ___________________ and ________ alone one or two lines

   1. Adistance, scale
   2. Bdistance, angles
   3. Cscale, shape
   4. Dshape, distance
7. 7Equal area map projections, also called authalic or equivilant, preserve _____________. They distort ________ but maintain relative ________.

   1. Ashapes, area, sizes
   2. Barea. shapes, sizes.
   3. Carea, angles, sizes
8. 8Lambert's Azimuthal Equal Area preserves ___________, . and has ______________ directions from the center point.

   1. Ashapes, false
   2. Barea, false
   3. Carea, true
   4. Dshapes, true
9. 9Planar projections have accurate _________ from the focus only and is used for _________.

   1. Adirection, navigation
   2. Bdistance, navigation
   3. Cangles, surveying
   4. Dangles,
10. 10Sinusoidal Equal Area Projection are used for areas with a large ____________ extent, and maintains ________.

    1. Aeast to west, direction
    2. Beast to west, area
    3. Cnorth to south, area
    4. Dnorth to south, direction

11. 11The Gall-Peters Projection is an _______________________. Places appear stretch ___________ near the poles and _______________ near the equator.

    1. Aequal-area cylindrical projection. horizontally, vertically.
    2. Bequidistant cylindrical projection. horizontally, vertically.
    3. Cequal-area conic projection. vertically, horizontally.
    4. Dequdistant conic projection. horizontally, vertically.

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