Thẻ ghi nhớ: Gerard Mercator: The Man Who Mapped the Planet | Quizlet

When Gerard Mercator was born in 1512, the geography of the globe still remained a mystery. It was unclear whether America was part of Asia, if there was a vast (1) __________ of the sea at the top of the world, or if Australia was (2) __________ to Antarctica.
1. A. territory B. distance C. range D. expanse

D

When Gerard Mercator was born in 1512, the geography of the globe still remained a mystery. It was unclear whether America was part of Asia, if there was a vast (1) __________ of the sea at the top of the world, or if Australia was (2) __________ to Antarctica.
2. A. connected B. coupled C. united D. integrated

A

Mercator's childhood was spent chiefly in Rupelmonde, a Flemish trading town on the river, and it was here that his geographical imagination was (3) ________ by the ships which passed to and from the rest of the world. Alongside imagination, he developed two very different skills.
A. raise
B. reared
C. supplied
D. nourished

D

The first was the ability to gather, (4) ______ and co-ordinate the geographical information (5) __________explorers and sailors who frequented the margins of the known.
4. A. congregate B. amass C. assimilate D. construct

C

The first was the ability to gather, (4) ______ and co-ordinate the geographical information (5) __________ by explorers and sailors who frequented the margins of the known.
5. A. granted B. conferred C. contributed D. provided

D

He also had to be able to imagine himself (6)________from the heavens, to achieve the visionary (7) ________of gods in the skies, (8) ____________down on the world.
6. A. suspended B. located C. situated D. attached

A. suspend from: lơ lửng trên

He also had to be able to imagine himself (6)________from the heavens, to achieve the visionary (7) ________of gods in the skies, (8) ____________down on the world.
7. A. inspection B. observation C. perspective D. assessment

C

He also had to be able to imagine himself (6)________from the heavens, to achieve the visionary (7) ________of gods in the skies, (8) ____________down on the world.
8. A. glimpsing B. scrutinizing C. watching D. gazing

D

The main reason why Mercator's name is (9) ________ to us is because of the Mercator Projection: the solution he (10) ______ to represent the spheroidal surface of the globe on a two-dimensional plane.
9. A. familiar B. famous C. memorable D. recognizable

A

The main reason why Mercator's name is (9) ________ to us is because of the Mercator Projection: the solution he (10) ______ to represent the spheroidal surface of the globe on a two-dimensional plane.
10. A. invented B. contrived C. devised D. schemed

C. devise: sáng chế ra

It is less well known that Mercator was the first man to conceive of mapping the (11)______ surface of the planet or that he (12) _______the idea of multiple maps being presented in bound books, to which he gave the name 'Atlas'.
11. A. sheer B. full C. entire D. utter

C

It is less well known that Mercator was the first man to conceive of mapping the (11)______ surface of the planet or that he (12) _______the idea of multiple maps being presented in bound books, to which he gave the name 'Atlas'.
12. A. pioneered B. initiated C. lead D. prepared

A

It is difficult for us now to be surprised by maps, so many are there, and of such detail and coverage, but we should (13) _______ in mind that Mercator lived at a time when such knowledge was far from (14) ____________.
13. A. carry B. hold C. take D. bear

D

It is difficult for us now to be surprised by maps, so many are there, and of such detail and coverage, but we should (13) _______ in mind that Mercator lived at a time when such knowledge was far from (14) ____________.
14. A. typical B. common C. routine D. normal

B

He was the man who (15)____________ our worldview forever.
15. A. converted B. substituted C. distorted D. altered

D