GCSE - Gcse Geography - Atlases, Ordnance Survey Solution

Q.1.

Which is the correct word to describe a person who is involved in preparing maps?

Q.2.

On which of the following pages in an atlas might you find a hot desert marked?

Q.3.

What is 'Mercator's Projection'?

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The method used by teachers to show a map to the whole class
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A way of representing the curved surface of the Earth on a flat piece of paper
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A piece of rock that is sticking out from a cliff face
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A special instrument for drawing a map

Q.4.

Which of the following statements most accurately describes an atlas?

Q.5.

Ordnance Survey maps cover ...

Q.6.

Which of the following is not a reason for using an atlas?

Q.7.

One sort of Ordnance Survey map used by hikers for navigation has a scale of 1:50,This means:

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only 50,000 copies have ever been printed
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nothing, it is just something that has to be added to the map by law
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there are 50,000 different features marked on the map
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every 2 centimetres measured on the map corresponds to 1 kilometre on the area represented by the map

Q.8.

Which of the following could be found in an atlas

Q.9.

Ordnance Survey maps were first created for ...

Q.10.

Which of the following most accurately describes a map?