Name _________________________________________ Hour ______

Chapter 1 Section 2: The Geographers Tools (page 10)

1. The oldest known map is a _________________________ clay tablet created 2,500 years ago.
2. What is the function of a map?
3. A _______________________ is a three-dimensional representation of the earth. If this is the best
way to see the earth, why cant geographers use this all of the time?

4. People often prefer to use ____________________, which are two-dimensional graphic

representations of selected parts of the earths surface.
Advantages of Using Maps

Disadvantages of Using Maps

5. A _________________________, or mapmaker, reduces some types of distortion by using different

types of _____________________________. A ______________________________ is a way of drawing the
earths surface that reduces distortion by presenting a round earth on flat paper.
6. The three types of maps are _______________________________,
___________________________________, and _______________________________.
7. Define topographic map

8. What does a field surveyor do? Why doesnt an actual person need to do this job anymore?

9. Define Landsat
10. What does G.O.E.S. stand for? What is it?

11. Define Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

12. What is the example on page 12 of how GIS can be used? Come up with and describe
another example of how GIS could be used.

13. Another tool geographers have is GPS or _________________________________________________.

Why was GPS originally created?

14. GPS uses a series of 24 satellites called ____________________________ which give an exact
position using latitude and longitude, altitude, and time.
15. Geographers use a variety of tools including photographs, models, cartograms, and
population pyramids. These tools help geographers to ________________________ and
___________________________ information for analysis.