We Can Judge from the Various Kinds of Maps Shown

question 109

Multiple Choice

We can judge from the various kinds of maps shown in this chapter that

• A) fairly accurate navigational maps could only be produced after the start of the Industrial Revolution.
• B) the first "true" maps appeared because of modern printing presses in the 20th century.
• C) sailors during the European Renaissance had paper maps that were far more useful to them than were the "stick charts" possessed by Polynesian sailors and fishers.
• D) maps have appeared in many forms in different societies and times, including modern paper maps, GPS in cars, the "stick charts" of Polynesia, and the carved maps of ancient Turkey.
• E) maps that distort the sizes of Greenland and Antarctica are generally the best, although they make Africa and South America appear to small while simultaneously expanding the size of Europe.

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