Map reading
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| show | FM 3-25.26
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| What are the basic colors of a map, and what does each color represent? | show 🗑
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| show | Figures used to represent types of military organizations, installations, and activities
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| Where is the legend on a map found? | show 🗑
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| What are contour lines? | show 🗑
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| What are 3 types of contour lines? | show 🗑
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| show | 17.7 mils
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| show | Three: Magnetic north, true north, and Grid north
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| What must be done to a map before it can be used? | show 🗑
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| show | Hill, Valley, Ridge, Saddle, Depression
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| What are the 3 minor terrain features found on a map? | show 🗑
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| What are the 2 supplementary terrain features found on a military map? | show 🗑
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| show | Graphic representation of a portion of the earth's surface drawn to scale, as seen from above
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| show | A horizontal angle, measured in a clockwise manner from a north base line, expressing direction
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| What is a vertical distance? | show 🗑
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| show | The vertical distance between adjacent contour lines on a map
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| What is the distance between grid lines on a combat map? | show 🗑
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| How many mils are there in a circle? | show 🗑
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| Which north is used when using a military map? | show 🗑
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| show | Away from metal, level and firm
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| Name two ways to hold a compass? | show 🗑
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| show | No
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| show | Man-made and natural features
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| In military symbols, what colors are used for a map overlay and what do they represent? | show 🗑
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| What is a back azimuth? | show 🗑
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| show | add 180 degrees if the azimuth is 180 degrees or less; subtract 180 degrees if the azimuth is 180 degrees or more
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| What is a declination diagram? | show 🗑
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| show | Right and Up
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| show | 2
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| What is a benchmark? | show 🗑
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| What are parallels of latitude? | show 🗑
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| What is an aerial photograph? | show 🗑
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| What does UTM stand for? | show 🗑
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| show | 3
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| How many times would the bezel ring click if it were fully rotated? | show 🗑
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| show | Black
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| Name two ways to orient a map? | show 🗑
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| show | FM 1-02
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| The arrow on a compass always points what direction? | show 🗑
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| show | Forward Line Of Troops
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| What are the alternate colors on a map and what do they mean? | show 🗑
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| What is longitude? | show 🗑
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| Whats a topographic map? | show 🗑
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| show | The marginal data, located on the outside lower portion of the map
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| show | There are two: Degrees and Mils
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| show | Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest
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| show | Known starting point, Known distance, known azimuth
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| show | The dials and needles are luminious
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| What is a polar coordinate? | show 🗑
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| show | UTM
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| show | The inner red ring is used to find degrees, and the outer black ring is used to find mils
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| Name 3 field expedient methods of determining direction | show 🗑
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| What is a contour level? | show 🗑
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| The border line around the edge of the map is called the what? | show 🗑
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| Name the different slopes found on a map | show 🗑
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| show | At least 2
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| show | Small, medium and large
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| What are two methods of measuring an azimuth? | show 🗑
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