Geography

Map Quiz: X Marks the Spot

By Rondilo
Map Quiz: X Marks the Spot

4 questions on how maps are drawn, what their lines mean and the old maps that changed how we see the world.

Questions
4
Length
About 3 min
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  1. You have to push a loaded bike uphill. Which marked side is the gentler route?
  2. How many known old maps or globes carry the warning "Here be dragons"?
  3. On Mercator world maps, Greenland looks huge. Which of these countries are really bigger than Greenland?
  4. The 1507 Waldseemüller map named a newly charted land. Which name?

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