QUESTION 1

A person who makes maps is called a

navigator.

mariner.

cartographer.
2 points

QUESTION 2

Which of the following was NOT a Portuguese explorer?

Magellan

Drake

Cabral
2 points

QUESTION 3

Which of the following was an instrument for telling time that was also used in calculating nautical speed or knots?

sounding device

astrolabe

hourglass
2 points

QUESTION 4

The way that cartographers show the round Earth in a flat picture is known as a

projection.

parallel.

scale.
2 points

QUESTION 5

Which of the following best provides examples of absolute and relative location?

Absolute Location = 10°36' N latitude and 71°33' W longitude; Relative Location = Southeastern Kansas

Absolute Location = Southwestern Georgia; Relative Location = grandma's house

Absolute Location = on top of Pikes Peak; Relative Location = 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500
please answer all of them