Test - Part 1
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| show | Mesopotamia, around 2400 B.C.E.
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| show | Roman era around 335-366 A.D.
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| The word topography is derived from Greek. The word topos means ___, and graphien means ___? | show 🗑
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| This word in Greek means “written, or drawn description of a place”? | show 🗑
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| show | Reiner Gemma Frisius
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| show | Physical map
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| show | Physical map
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| show | Physical map
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| This type of map is similar to a physical map in that it shows different physical landscape features, but differs because it uses contour lines instead of colours to show changes in the landscape? | show 🗑
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| show | Contour lines
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| show | Steep
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| When contour lines are spread apart, the terrain is considered to be? | show 🗑
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| show | Digital Elevation Models (DEM)
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| This type of map is a detailed and accurate two-dimensional representation of natural and human made features on the earth surface, using a variety of symbols? | show 🗑
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| show | Topography
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| show | Topographic maps
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| show | Topographic map
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| show | Topographic map
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| This was an older, non-numeric mode of representing relief? | show 🗑
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| This manner of showing topographic relief represents orientation of slope, and by their thickness and overall density they provide a general sense of steepness? | show 🗑
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| show | Hachures
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| On a map, these strokes (short line segments or curves) are drawn in the direction of the steepest slope (the aspect direction)? | show 🗑
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| show | Steeper slopes
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| Hatchures that are composed of thinner, longer strokes that are farther apart represent what type of topography? | show 🗑
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| show | Hachures
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| These are imaginary lines that connect locations of similar elevation? | show 🗑
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| show | Contours
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| These contour lines are wider, spaced at regular intervals and have elevation values printed in several places along the line in order to help the user determine the height of elevation? | show 🗑
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| The narrower intermediate and supplementary contours which help to show more details of the land surface shape are found between? | show 🗑
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| show | Supplementary contours
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| Contour lines that V upwards indicate the presence of? | show 🗑
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| show | Ridges
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| A map of a relatively flat area may have a contour interval of ____ or less, while maps and mountainous areas may have contour intervals of ____ or more? | show 🗑
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| show | Perpendicular
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| Slope between adjacent contour lines is assumed to be ____? | show 🗑
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| Rough, rugged terrain is indicated by what kind of contours? | show 🗑
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| What do concentric close contours that increase in elevation represent? | show 🗑
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| This contour forms a closed loop around lower ground and is called a? | show 🗑
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| show | A wall, cliff or natural bridge
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| Contour lines go in pairs up this topographic feature? | show 🗑
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| show | Ridge tops
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| It is a sloping ridge jutting out from the side of a hill. When standing at the tip of one of these, the land drops in front of you and on both sides, but is relatively flat behind you? | show 🗑
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| A dip in the elevation between two Hills is called a? | show 🗑
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| This is a term used for an unimproved road? | show 🗑
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| show | Reentrant (small valley)
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| show | A knoll (small hill)
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| show | Boulder (A free standing rock)
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| show | Cliff
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| When a contour line crosses a stream it will take on a V-shape with the point of the V pointing in which direction? | show 🗑
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| When contour lines form a U-shape they denote a ridge or spur, with the bottom of the U pointing in which direction? | show 🗑
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| This occurs when contour lines of the hill are far apart at first, then come close together. This hill will be easy to climb at first, but then it gets steep? | show 🗑
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| show | Convex
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| It is the term referring to feature and place names that are added to provide textual information about map features? | show 🗑
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| It is a modern method used for obtaining topographic information which accounts for a very large percentage of topographic surveys today? | show 🗑
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| It is a modern method for obtaining topography for larger areas, given the appropriate terrain conditions? | show 🗑
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| These surveys can only be done on clear days and in situations where snow or dense vegetation do not obscure the ground surface? | show 🗑
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| show | Remote sensing
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