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title: Maps and scale — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Geography
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 1 «Maps and scale» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Maps and scale

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The 15 questions of lesson 1 «Maps and scale» of the geography course of Mova's primary school with their options, 81 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/geography/1-maps-and-scale/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/1-maps-and-scale/t1/) — my cousin says people in 1337 thought the earth was flat lol. right? — wrong ✗
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/1-maps-and-scale/t2/) — Two hikers say "meet at grid square 4725". Why must both read eastings first? — wrong ✗
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/1-maps-and-scale/t3/) — In EU5 an army marches through six locations. What does that tell you about the distance in kilometres? — right ✓
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/1-maps-and-scale/t4/) — Why did portolan charts show coasts in great detail but leave inland areas almost empty? — right ✓
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/1-maps-and-scale/t5/) — Switching from EU5's political map mode to the trade map mode is most like what on a real map? — right ✓
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/1-maps-and-scale/t6/) — Mate says a 1:10,000,000 map is "large scale cos it covers loads". Is he right? — wrong ✗
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/1-maps-and-scale/t7/) — If globes are the most accurate, why do people still mostly use flat maps? — wrong ✗
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/1-maps-and-scale/t8/) — What would happen to a satnav if it could only hear one satellite? — wrong ✗
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/1-maps-and-scale/t9/) — Why would an army be among the first to want very accurate maps of a country? — wrong ✗
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/1-maps-and-scale/t10/) — Your map is 1:50,000 and the campsite is 6 cm away on the paper. How far is that? — wrong ✗
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/1-maps-and-scale/t11/) — A map has blue lines and blue patches. Without the key, what is your best guess? — wrong ✗
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/1-maps-and-scale/e1/) — Ascertain the distance upon the ground represented by a measured interval of four centimetres on a chart drawn to a scale of one to twenty-five thousand. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/1-maps-and-scale/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the significance of closely spaced contour lines? — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/1-maps-and-scale/e3/) — Identify the sole representation of the Earth that preserves shape, area, distance and direction simultaneously. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/1-maps-and-scale/e4/) — It is given that a four-figure grid reference is to be stated. Determine which coordinate is to be given precedence. — right ✓ · exam

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