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Practice Listening: Multiple Choice, Single Answer ID: #30223 Medium Maps 3

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Listen to the recording and answer the multiple-choice question by selecting the correct response. Only one response is correct.

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Map-making has a long and fascinating history - both before Ptolemy produced the first great map of the world and after, up to the beautiful simplicity of the London Underground map and the precisely-detailed Ordnance Survey maps, which cover almost every inch of the United Kingdom.
Ancient map-makers used to draw in hills, valleys and rivers to give an idea of the topography, the shape of the land. It wasn't until the late 16th century that contour lines were used - that is, lines that linked points of the land at the same height - but this was to show the relative depths and shallows of a river. The first time land contours were used was on a map of France, which took about forty years to complete, and was finished in 1783. The Ordnance Survey was set up in 1791 and their maps, as the name suggests, were originally made for military purposes, and the first one to be produced was of the county of Kent at a ratio of one inch to one mile.

Which of the following statements is true about the use of contour lines in map-making?

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They were first used on Ordnance Survey maps. Before the 16th century they were used to show hills, valleys and rivers. Land contour lines were first used on a map of France. Contour lines originally had a military purpose.

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Option 3: "Land contour lines were first used on a map of France."

Explanation: This option is correct because the text explicitly states that the first use of land contours was on a map of France, which took about forty years to complete and was finished in 1783. This directly supports the statement.

Option 1: "They were first used on Ordnance Survey maps."

Explanation: This option is incorrect because the text states that contour lines were first used on a map of France, not on Ordnance Survey maps. The Ordnance Survey was established later, in 1791, and their maps were originally made for military purposes, but they did not pioneer the use of contour lines.

Option 2: "Before the 16th century they were used to show hills, valleys and rivers."

Explanation: This option is incorrect as the text specifies that contour lines were not used until the late 16th century. Prior to that, ancient map-makers depicted hills, valleys, and rivers, but they did not use contour lines to represent topography.

Option 4: "Contour lines originally had a military purpose."

Explanation: This option is incorrect because while the Ordnance Survey maps were originally made for military purposes, the text does not state that contour lines themselves had a military purpose. Instead, contour lines were introduced to show the relative depths and shallows of land, not specifically for military use.

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