Unit 1 · Introduction to Geography · Lesson 1.3 The Map Case · one idea at a time
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The Map Case — section quiz
This is the Map Case quiz, not a separate 'Mapmakers quiz.' Apex names it 1.3.7. It covers the whole lesson: what a map is, lat/long, who made maps, why 16th-century sailors could measure latitude but not longitude, bias and validity, and GIS. If you can do the drills below, you are ready.
Use the 1.3.0 key terms: cartography, latitude, longitude, bias, validity, Landsat, and the special lines.
Tell map types and projections apart, and plot a lat/long point.
Match the big 1.3.3–1.3.6 ideas: humans still make maps, longitude needed a clock, bias is a lean, GIS stacks facts that have a location.
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A running start
Today's planner also says The Mapmakers. That is the reading. The quiz is 1.3.7 The Map Case. Open this if you were about to study only the 16th-century essay.
Not sure about the basics underneath this lesson?
Six studies feed one 30-point quiz: pictures of the world, the grid, cartographers, the reading, bias, GIS. If a topic feels rusty, jump to that lesson on this hub, then come back to the mixed drill.
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Letters people swap
GIS vs GPS. Latitude vs longitude. Bias vs validity.
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Dates people swap
16th century = they agreed to use the grid. 1773 = longitude clock. Mercator 1569. Robinson 1963.
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The 1.3.0 list
Cartography, equator, prime meridian, tropics, polar circles, Landsat, bias, validity. That list is the lesson's own key terms.
Quick check — answer out loud before you peek
You can explain parallel sailing. Are you done studying for 1.3.7?
Not yet. That is 1.3.4. Also check projections, bias/validity, the cartographer dates, and GIS/Landsat.
When this makes sense, hide it and go back to the lesson.
You can skip this and come back. Next goes into the lesson.
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What this quiz is
Canvas name: Quiz: The Map Case (1.3.7), 30 points. On the family planner it sits today with Cartographer's Studio, The Mapmakers reading, and GIS. 'Mapmakers' is the reading (1.3.4). This quiz is the whole map section.
Lesson 1.3.7 + planner2 of 3 in this idea
What this quiz is
Lesson 1.3.0 said you would: describe the history of cartography, identify types and purposes of maps, and find locations on maps. That is the spine.
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What this quiz is
Use the other hub pages for deep review. This page is the mixed drill.
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Do not skip GIS and bias because you spent today on the reading. The quiz is the section, not one activity.
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Name it correctly so you study the right pile.
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Canvas name
Quiz: The Map Case (1.3.7), 30 points.
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Not only Mapmakers
Mapmakers is the reading you also have today. The quiz is the section.
Quick check — answer out loud before you peek
What Apex number is today's map quiz?
1.3.7 The Map Case, not 1.3.4.
When this makes sense, hide it and go back to the lesson.
Lesson 1.3.1 + 1.3.21 of 2 in this idea
Pictures of the world and the grid
A map is a picture that leaves most things out on purpose. Four projection families: planar (one hemisphere / pole), cylindrical (whole world, poles stretch), conical (mid-latitudes), compromise (a little of everything, Robinson oval).
Lesson 1.3.1 + 1.3.22 of 2 in this idea
Pictures of the world and the grid
Latitude first (north/south of the equator), then longitude (east/west of Greenwich). Course check from 1.3.1: 30° N, 90° W is New Orleans. Special lines: tropics about 23.5°, polar circles about 66.5°. Cancer and Arctic are north. Capricorn and Antarctic are south.
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Greenland looking as big as Africa = cylindrical / Mercator stretch, not 'Greenland really is that big.'
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People, then a 16th-century problem
Humans still make maps. Leaps in the 15th–16th centuries and the 20th century. Match dates if asked: Mercator 1569, Robinson 1963, Columbus 1492, Piri Reis 1513, Ptolemy 150.
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People, then a 16th-century problem
The Mapmakers essay is a secondary source about the 1500s. Accuracy depends on instruments, knowledge of Earth and sky, number of observations, math, and skill. They agreed to lat/long in the 16th century. Latitude they could measure (sun or Polaris). Longitude needed a clock (Harrison 1773). Workaround: dead reckoning and parallel sailing, trusting the cross-staff.
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Do not put 1773 as the century they agreed to use lat/long. That is when longitude got a clock. The agreement is 16th century.
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Bias, then GIS
Bias is a lean, not always a crime. Maps cannot include everything. Validity = does it do the job it was made for. A world map that is bad at finding a street is not invalid as a world map. The 1929 Surrealist map is valid as a view, not as a size chart. Never trust a single map on something important.
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Bias, then GIS
GIS: high-tech, computers, spatially organized information. Landsat = NASA remote-sensing satellites. Four data sources (cameras, Landsat, bar codes, environmental instruments). EMS spider diagram. GIS is not the same letters as GPS.
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Bias vs validity is the pair people mix up. A biased map can still be valid. GIS vs GPS is the other pair.
That's the lesson
Before you quiz yourself
Check the ones that make sense now. This list is saved in this browser. The other tools (name that term, flashcards, practice quiz) are up top whenever you want them.
The quiz page itself is not in the captured library (Apex quizzes do not extract). This hub is built from the studies, the 1.3.0 key-term list, and the study/reading sheets in 1.3.1–1.3.6. Same method as the 1.2.6 Spatial Thinking quiz hub.
