Short Answer Questions:
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1. What is cartography? Who are cartographers?
2. How is the compass useful to a sailor?
3. What are the cardinal points and the four intermediate directions of a compass?
4. What are conventional symbols?
5. Draw a diagram of a magnetic compass.
Answers
1. Cartography is the study and practice of making maps. Combining science, aesthetics, and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality (or an imagined reality) can be modeled in ways that communicate spatial information effectively.
1. Cartography is the study and practice of making maps. Combining science, aesthetics, and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality can be modeled in ways that communicate spatial information effectively.a person who makes map is called cartographer
2.The magnetic compass was an important advance in navigation because it allowed mariners to determine their direction even if clouds obscured their usual astronomical cues such as the North Star.
3.Intermediate points between the four cardinal directions form the points of the compass. The intermediate directions are north-east (NE), north-west (NW), south-west (SW), and south-east (SE). On Earth, upright observers facing north will have south behind them, east on their right, and west on their left
4.A conventional symbol is a symbol that is widely accepted interpretation. The various features shown on a map are represented by conventional signs or symbols. For example, colors can be used to indicate a classification of roads.
5.Diagram above
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