The Most Famous and Most Widely Used of All the Map

question 111

Multiple Choice

The most famous and most widely used of all the map projections is the ________ projection.

• A) gnomonic
• B) Mercator
• C) polyconic
• D) sinusoidal
• E) Mollweide

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