Question

A Book of Maps is called a _________.
A. Dictionary
B. Encyclopedia
C. Atlas
D. World Book

Answer 1

Hint: Maps help us understand where a particular location is with specific longitudinal and latitudinal ranges.

Complete answer:
Atlas is known as a Book or collection of Maps with illustrations and Graphical representation.
Atlases shows geographical features and topography of an area's Landscape. It also shows climatic and economic statistics of the area. In Greek Mythology atlas was a Titan who held up the celestial Heavens and the Sky . Now let’s see other options:-

Dictionary : Dictionary is a reference source in printed or electronic form , that consists of words with their meanings and matter of speech in alphabetical order . In electronic dictionaries they oftens used for Spell checking, find word meaning, Synonyms and antonyms.Hence it is an incorrect option .
Encyclopedia : Encyclopedia reference to the work that contains summaries and information from all branches of the knowledge or treats a particular field of knowledge in discipline and very comprehensive manner. These are based on medicine , national biography, zoology , etc . Hence it is an incorrect option.
Atlas : atlas is a collection of Maps traditionally bound in book form. It consists of countries,States and regions .There are many kinds of atlases such as road atlases , Historical atlases and also star atlases that consist of planets , stars , celestial objects .Hence it is a correct option.
World Book: the World Book is published as World Book Encyclopedia which talks about subjects related to science ,technology, medical etc. Hence this is incorrect.

The correct answer is option is C) Atlas.

Note: Atlas the name comes from Greek mythology. Atlas was a Titan who was condemned to hold up the celestial bodies or sky for eternity after the Titanomachy. Nowadays Atlas have demographic data along with the maps.