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TEXES Social Studies 4-8 Exam Questions Marking Scheme Current Update Second Continental Congress - Answers -A convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring of 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Managed the Colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Townshend Acts (1767) - Answers -A series of British acts passed beginning in 1767 and relating to the Briti...

3 types of features on a map - ️️Point, line, and area features. 3 types of irregular land grants - ️️pueblo grants private community 3 types of scales - ️️verbal, graphic, representative fraction A Developable Surface - ️️A surface that can be mapped without distortion on a flat medium Spherical Earth is NOT a developable surface Instead we use planes, cones and cylinders which are developable Albers Equal Area Conic - ️️A projected coordinate system used for east-...

GISP Study Guide All Answers Correct Geodatabase Definition: An object-oriented spatial model representing the native data structure for ArcGIS. It serves as the primary format for storing, editing, and managing geographic data. Types of Geodatabases Personal Geodatabase File Geodatabase Enterprise Geodatabase Workgroup Geodatabase Types of Geodatabase Datasets Geometric Network Network Dataset Parcel Fabric Terrain Dataset LAS Dataset Distance Relations Definitio...

GISP Exam Questions 2023 1. The property of area for a parcel polygon may be considered (choose best answer) A. Precise B. Accurate C. Legally correct D. Both A and B: Both A and B 2. A vector data model uses which of the following coordinate pairs to build curvature within a line? (best answer) A. Verticies B. Points C. Floating points D. Nodes: A. Verticies 3. GIS differs from surveying and mapping by introducing (best answer) A. Attribute description B. Spatial Analysis C. Lo...

GISP Exam Questions with correct answers The property of area for a parcel polygon may be considered (choose best answer) A. Precise B. Accurate C. Legally correct D. Both A and B Correct Answer-Both A and B A vector data model uses which of the following coordinate pairs to build curvature within a line? (best answer) A. Verticies B. Points C. Floating points D. Nodes Correct Answer-A. Verticies GIS differs from surveying and mapping by introducing (best answer) A. Attribute des...

Types of Coordinate Systems in the US - -Geographic Coordinates -Universal Transverse Mercator -Military Grid Reference System -State Plane Coordinates -Public Land Rectangular Surveys What is a map projection? - An attempt to portray the surface of earth or a portion of it on a flat surface What are the four general classes of map projections? - -Cylindrical -Conical -Azimuthal/Planar -Rectangular/other Scale Exact Line - Where the cone intersects the globe How wide is each UTM zone...

present without diminishing Earth's ability to provide for future generations is called a. subsistence agriculture. b. sustainability. c. cultural ecology. d. environmental determinism. e. the organic movement. - correct answer 1) b. sustainability 2) Who argued that virtually no landscape has escaped alteration by human activities? a. Ptolemy b. George Perkins Marsh c. Eratosthenes d. Carl Sauer e. W.D. Pattison - correct answer 2) d. Carl Sauer 3) The old...

D199 WGU Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass reference maps - Answer- maps used to display important physical elements of a specific geographic area, such as countries, rivers, mountains, etc. thematic maps - Answer- specialized maps used to understand one particular attribute or characteristic of a specific geographic area; examples are population maps, weather maps, and maps illustrating the spread of disease literal maps - Answer- maps that strive to display the objective truth about ...

Control Survey: Lambert Projection correct answer: An imaginary cone is placed around the earth so that the apex of the cone is on the earth's axis of rotation above the North Pole, for northern hemisphere and below the South Pole for southern hemisphere projections. East west direction is relatively free from distortion in this method. Therefore, states longer in east-west direction are projected with this system, Scale is set for 158 miles of N/S distance in this method. Transverse Merc...

Interrupted Map correct answers Removes parts of the globe to prevent distortion Uninterrupted Map correct answers Displays the entirety of the earths surface but may cause more areas of distortion Mercator Map Projection correct answers Shows accurate direction but has significant distortion in size of land marks Goode Homolosine Projection correct answers Shows true size and shape of land masses but has distortion near edges of the map and is not good for directions Robinson Projec...