How to make flash cards out of
PowerPoint slides!
See slide 8 for details
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Which one of these categories in not one of the
definitions of GIS listed in the text book?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
A GIS is a Toolbox
A GIS is an Information System
GIS is an Industry
GIS is a Proprietary Software
GIS is a Multibillion-Dollar Business
2
When thinking about the history of GIS, what is
Jacqueline Tyrwhitt credited with?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Vector and raster data models
The map overlay technique
Web based maps
Formulas for the first projections
Calculating distances on a curve
3
What was the purpose of the Canadian
Geographic Information System?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Canada Transportation Planning
Canada Space Exploration
Canada Land Resource Inventory
Canada Geographic Education Initiative
Canada Military Defense Program
4
What do NAD27 & NAD83 have in common?
A. Both use Meades Ranch Kansas as a point of
reference
B. Both are used for mapping locations all over
the world
C. Both are datums
D. Both incorporate variations due to gravity
E. Both use a system of 24 satellites to
determine location
5
A grid data structure would be consider
which type of data model?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Raster
Vector
DEM
Database table
Blob
6
• GIS is a Proprietary Software
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How to make slides
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Start PowerPoint and you can just use the plain template.
Use the New Slide button to add 12 slides
From the Insert section, choose the Slide Number option to
add numbers to your slides
Use the table to the right to set up your questions and
answers
Use a lighter font color for your answer slides
Send your slides to the printer with the following settings:
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Print what: Handouts
Slides per page: 6
Order: Horizontal
Frame slides
Find the option for your printer
to print double sided
Cut out the slides!
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Answer
Slide
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10
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• Canada Land Resource Inventory
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• The map overlay technique
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• Raster
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• Both are datums
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