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1) 40 degrees south latitude, 20 degrees west longitude
2) orchards, scrub, vinyards
3) The marked contours are 400 feet apart, there are 4 unmarked contours between each of those. So there are 5 contour intervals (spaces between contours) between 400 feet.
400 ÷ 5 = 80 ft
4a) 1/62,500
4b) 62,500
4c) 0.99 mile (62,500in ÷ 63,360 in/mile = 0.99 mile)
9) The bearing from C to D is:
North 24° east; azimuth of 24°
12)Click here for contours

p. 161
13-14) Click here for shaded areas, etc.

p. 162
17) Click here for a sloppy version of a cross section (this isn't perfect by a long way, but it's a good start and if you can get yours to look like this then you'll be fine! If you'd like more details on how to make this even better, contact your TA!). Vertical exaggeration is about 13.75 . How did I get this number?
How far is one inch on the map (horizontal scale)?

1" = about 1.1 km = 1100m

How far is one inch of elevation on your cross section (vertical scale)?
1" = about 80m on my cross section

Vertical Exageration = Horizontal scale ÷ Vertical Scale
In this case:
1100m ÷ 80m = 13.75

p.164

These Answers Depend on Which Quadrangle you used!!
For the Hollidaysburg Quadrangle:
25) North boundary = 40° 30' N
(read, "40 degrees, 30 minutes, 0 seconds, North Latitude")
26) Southern Boundary = 40° 15' N
27) Eastern Boundary = 78° 15' W
(read, "78 degrees, 15 minutes, 0 seconds, West Longitude")
28) Wetern Boundary = 78 ° 30' W
29 & 30) 15 minutes for both of these
31) yup, it's a 15 minute quadrangle!

p. 165
35) 7 degrees west declination
36) Published in 1945 (though originally surveyed in the early 1900's, there is no indication that this is a later edition of the map.)
37) fractional scale = 1:62,500
39) 2 inches = 1.98 miles (about 2 miles)
2 = inches = about 3.2 km
in feet?

(1.8 miles) * (5280 ft/mile) = 9504 ft

40) This is the Holidaysburg Quadrangle
41) To the south is the Everett Quadrangle
42) colors!
feature
color
WaterBlue/cyan
VegitationNot rally shown here
Contour LinesBrown
BuildingsLittle Black squares

Since this is a geologic map, most of the color changes are associated with different geologic formations.