WGU D199 Section 1 Lessons 1-3 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Reference Maps - CORRECT ANSWER - What maps are used to display important
physical elements of a specific geographic area, such as countries, rivers, mountains? These
maps store data and show a variety of features for a variety of uses. They also focus on literal
representation of a geographic area
Thematic Maps - CORRECT ANSWER - What specialized maps are used to understand
one particular attribute or characteristic of a specific geographic area? Their chief goal is to focus
the user's attention on specific features or characteristics. Examples are population maps, weather
maps, and maps illustrating the spread of disease. They focus on demonstrating information
about a particular characteristic.
Analytical Map - CORRECT ANSWER - What maps use cartography techniques to
uncover and learn about patterns and trends in a specific geographic area? They are used to
explore the role of location and space to answer questions. The process of using cartography to
discern some truth.
Literal Maps - CORRECT ANSWER - What maps are meant to show actual things and
places? These maps strive to display the objective truth about a specific geographic area.
Figurative Maps - CORRECT ANSWER - What maps show conceptual or imagined
places?
These maps use symbols to represent a narrative or point of view; they are much less concerned
with physical accuracy than are literal maps.
Map Scale - CORRECT ANSWER - What shows the proportion of a given distance on a
map to the corresponding distance on the ground in the real world? This measures how much the
features of the world are reduced to fit on a map.
, Representative Fractions - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the term for when map scale is
shown as a ratio? The most commonly used measure of map scale; ex: 1:24,000.
Cartesian Coordinate System - CORRECT ANSWER - What would you call a grid formed
by putting together two measurement scales, one horizontal (x) and one vertical (y)? This
reference system is named for the seventeenth-century mathematician and philosopher René
Descartes.
Geographic Coordinate System - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the reference system
devised to locate particular places on the surface of the earth, using lines of latitude and
longitude?
Longitude - CORRECT ANSWER - What imaginary lines run east to west? This is part of
the geographic coordinate system that's scale ranges from +180° to -180°.
Latitude - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the north-south scale, which ranges from +90°
(or 90° N) at the North Pole to -90° (or 90° S) at the South Pole? This is a set of imaginary north-
south lines that form part of the geographic coordinate system.
The Graticule - CORRECT ANSWER - What specifies positions on the globe with latitude
and longitude coordinates? This is the grid pattern in the geographic coordinate system.
Projection - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the term for turning a three-dimensional
globe into a two-dimensional map? This is a method of "flattening" a globe into a form that can
be represented on a flat surface.
Conformal Projections - CORRECT ANSWER - What type of projection preserves shape
and angle, but strongly distorts area in the process? For example (such as the Mercator
projection), the shapes of coastlines are accurate on all parts of the map, but countries near the
poles appear much larger relative to countries near the equator than they actually are.
Equal Area Projections - CORRECT ANSWER - What projection shows the size of an
area on the map in true proportion to its size on the Earth? Its countries' shapes may appear to be
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Reference Maps - CORRECT ANSWER - What maps are used to display important
physical elements of a specific geographic area, such as countries, rivers, mountains? These
maps store data and show a variety of features for a variety of uses. They also focus on literal
representation of a geographic area
Thematic Maps - CORRECT ANSWER - What specialized maps are used to understand
one particular attribute or characteristic of a specific geographic area? Their chief goal is to focus
the user's attention on specific features or characteristics. Examples are population maps, weather
maps, and maps illustrating the spread of disease. They focus on demonstrating information
about a particular characteristic.
Analytical Map - CORRECT ANSWER - What maps use cartography techniques to
uncover and learn about patterns and trends in a specific geographic area? They are used to
explore the role of location and space to answer questions. The process of using cartography to
discern some truth.
Literal Maps - CORRECT ANSWER - What maps are meant to show actual things and
places? These maps strive to display the objective truth about a specific geographic area.
Figurative Maps - CORRECT ANSWER - What maps show conceptual or imagined
places?
These maps use symbols to represent a narrative or point of view; they are much less concerned
with physical accuracy than are literal maps.
Map Scale - CORRECT ANSWER - What shows the proportion of a given distance on a
map to the corresponding distance on the ground in the real world? This measures how much the
features of the world are reduced to fit on a map.
, Representative Fractions - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the term for when map scale is
shown as a ratio? The most commonly used measure of map scale; ex: 1:24,000.
Cartesian Coordinate System - CORRECT ANSWER - What would you call a grid formed
by putting together two measurement scales, one horizontal (x) and one vertical (y)? This
reference system is named for the seventeenth-century mathematician and philosopher René
Descartes.
Geographic Coordinate System - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the reference system
devised to locate particular places on the surface of the earth, using lines of latitude and
longitude?
Longitude - CORRECT ANSWER - What imaginary lines run east to west? This is part of
the geographic coordinate system that's scale ranges from +180° to -180°.
Latitude - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the north-south scale, which ranges from +90°
(or 90° N) at the North Pole to -90° (or 90° S) at the South Pole? This is a set of imaginary north-
south lines that form part of the geographic coordinate system.
The Graticule - CORRECT ANSWER - What specifies positions on the globe with latitude
and longitude coordinates? This is the grid pattern in the geographic coordinate system.
Projection - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the term for turning a three-dimensional
globe into a two-dimensional map? This is a method of "flattening" a globe into a form that can
be represented on a flat surface.
Conformal Projections - CORRECT ANSWER - What type of projection preserves shape
and angle, but strongly distorts area in the process? For example (such as the Mercator
projection), the shapes of coastlines are accurate on all parts of the map, but countries near the
poles appear much larger relative to countries near the equator than they actually are.
Equal Area Projections - CORRECT ANSWER - What projection shows the size of an
area on the map in true proportion to its size on the Earth? Its countries' shapes may appear to be
