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Maps can show more than the view out your window such as

All of the above.

Piri Reis accurately mapped the coasts of

Europe and North Africa

Actual map projections are made not by casting shadows on paper but by applying that manipulate the scales of the surface features

mathematical formulas

Maps exclude a lot more than they

all:include

A chain of hardware stores has databases of purchases To use these databases in a GIS they must be tied to

locations on a digital map.

What all meet at the North and South Poles

The Lines of Longitude all meet at the Poles.

GIS software produces representations of

visual; real-world data

Before European settlers arrived the Great Plans of North America were

wild grasses

What is a question normally asked by mapmakers before they design a new map

How large are each of the map elements?

From the standpoint of geography and demography a consists of people who live in a particular area

all of the people; population

GIS relies on specialized software but this software only works if it's given

data from the real world.

What are the reasons why groups of people leave a particular place called

The reasons groups of people leave a particular place are called push factors. Push factors are usually due to a difficulty such as war, natural disasters, food shortages, or inability to find jobs.

Maps are especially useful for showing aspects of the world that cannot be seen directly These include what

political boundaries

GIS stands for what in geography

Geographic Information System

Mercator projection The travels of Marco Polo Ibn Idrisi's world map Robinson projection Arrange these events from the history of cartography in the order in which they occurred

no

In the fictional map which elements suggest relative location

South Island and Vertical Gridlines

In this fictional map which elements suggest absolute location Check all that apply.

A: Hartinger Ocean & B: Gridlines

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