1. What are Maps? What is the Scale of a map? How does distortion affect maps?

A conformal map distorts area because most features are depicted to large or to small the amount of distortion is regularly long along some lines in the map

Maps are a object that helps I gets certain places

Several different things make up a culture like, how the people worship, their form of government, geography, and trade. religion is one of the most important things to a culture, it defines peoples life. their different beliefs form into festivities and events that merge with their culture. people that practice hinduism see cows as gods, so no doubt they would celebrate cows, and these celebrations would definitely merge with their culture. those that are buddhist live life trying to reach a certain level of peace, so no doubt would they change things in their life in order to correspond with their religion.