Review Game #5. Match to description Scale Absolute Location Latitude Lines Longitude Lines Relative Location Map Distortion Mercator Robinson Polar.

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Review Game #5

Match to description

Scale Absolute Location Latitude Lines Longitude Lines Relative Location Map Distortion Mercator Robinson Polar

Part of map that show how much things equal, such as one inch = 2 miles Scale Absolute Location Latitude Lines Longitude Lines Relative Location Map Distortion Mercator Robinson Polar

Usually on a map it is nearer the pole, it is where shapes and distances change due to putting a 3D object onto paper Scale Absolute Location Latitude Lines Longitude Lines Relative Location Map Distortion Mercator Robinson Polar

Scale Absolute Location Latitude Lines Longitude Lines Relative Location Map Distortion Mercator Robinson Polar

Lines on map going north and south and labeled east and west Scale Absolute Location Latitude Lines Longitude Lines Relative Location Map Distortion Mercator Robinson Polar

Scale Absolute Location Latitude Lines Longitude Lines Relative Location Map Distortion Mercator Robinson Polar

Lines on map going east and west and labeled north and south Scale Absolute Location Latitude Lines Longitude Lines Relative Location Map Distortion Mercator Robinson Polar

Saying you are in Green County Scale Absolute Location Latitude Lines Longitude Lines Relative Location Map Distortion Mercator Robinson Polar

Saying you are 35N by 110W Scale Absolute Location Latitude Lines Longitude Lines Relative Location Map Distortion Mercator Robinson Polar

Answers

Mercator

Scale Part of map that show how much things equal, such as one inch = 2 miles

distortion Usually on a map it is nearer the pole, it is where shapes and distances change due to putting a 3D object onto paper

Robinson

Longitude Lines on map going north and south and labeled east and west

Polar

Latitude Lines Lines on map going east and west and labeled north and south

Relative Location Saying you are in Green County

Absolute Location Saying you are 35N by 110W